Health
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Health Kent and Medway mental health fund opens for applications up to £10,000
Community groups across Kent and Medway can apply for grants of between £500 and £10,000 through the Kent & Medway Better Mental Health and…
15 July 2026 -
Health When a Doctor Faces Her Father’s Death at Home
A New England Journal of Medicine essay by an ICU physician examines the hidden demands placed on families who choose home hospice care. A…
14 July 2026 -
Health Tube Feeding and Drip Nutrition: What Critical Care Patients in Kent Need to Know
The New England Journal of Medicine has published a major review confirming that nutrition delivered through tubes and drips is essential…
14 July 2026 -
Health Drug Trial Shows Setmelanotide Reduces BMI and Hunger in Patients with Rare Obesity Condition, Study Finds
A clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that setmelanotide produced much greater reductions in body-mass…
13 July 2026 -
Health Gut Health and Hospital Nutrition: What a Leading Medical Journal’s Research Means for Patients
The New England Journal of Medicine has shared research highlighting how the method used to feed patients in hospital can have a direct…
13 July 2026 -
Health Fatal Encephalitis in Young Measles Patient After Stem Cell Transplant Raises Awareness of Vaccination Risks
The New England Journal of Medicine has reported the death of a 21-year-old man who developed fatal brain inflammation after contracting…
12 July 2026 -
Health Ageing Population and Shrinking Care Capacity: What the US Experience Could Mean for the UK
A leading medical journal has flagged a collision between a rapidly ageing population and falling nursing home provision — a warning that…
11 July 2026 -
Health COPD and Breathlessness: What a New England Journal of Medicine Case Study Reveals About a Common Lung Condition
A case published by the New England Journal of Medicine highlights the serious and often escalating burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary…
11 July 2026 -
Health Inhaled Treprostinil Trials Offer New Hope for Patients Living with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Two phase 3 clinical trials have examined the efficacy and safety of inhaled treprostinil for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis…
11 July 2026 -
Health New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Review of Nutrition Therapy for Critically Ill Adults
A new review in the New England Journal of Medicine examines how nutrition therapy supports critically ill adults who cannot feed…
11 July 2026 -
Health Stem Cell Trial for Parkinson’s Disease Shows Promising Early Safety Results, Researchers Report
A Phase I/II clinical trial of an off-the-shelf stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease has reported a favourable 12-month safety…
10 July 2026 -
Health Meningitis B Vaccine Does Not Reduce Gonorrhoea Risk, Major Randomised Trial Finds
The GoGoVax trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that the four-component meningococcal B vaccine offered no…
10 July 2026