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New research could explain why people experience muscle loss in old age, increasing the prospects of reversing the condition in the future.

Among patients with persistently high cholesterol despite high-intensity statin therapy, the proprotein convertase subtilisin-kexin 9 (PCSK9) inhibitor alirocumab reduced rates of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) by 15% compared with placebo.

Getting a large dose of a statin did not have an impact on major adverse cardiac events among a broad population of patients slated to undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), but statins did significantly reduce the rates of such events among the subset of trial participants who actually underwent PCI.

Three innovative projects have each won up to £35,000 from the Cancer Innovation Challenge with the aim of improving diagnosis, treatment and overall cancer care.

The largest ever trial conducted in postpartum haemorrhage has been completed, pharmaceuticals Ferring and MSD have said.

The results of the 2017 NHS Staff Survey reveal that staff feel under pressure, despite continuing to deliver excellent standards of care.

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Heart attack patients prescribed antidepressants have lower one-year survival rates, according to research presented at Acute Cardiovascular Care 2018, a European Society of Cardiology congress.

A study, conducted by academics at the University of Hertfordshire, found that the cognitive areas where women usually have the upper hand, such as verbal communication, are those quickest to decline as the Alzheimer's disease progresses.

The level of dissatisfaction with the NHS is the highest in a decade €“ reaching 29% - new analysis of the National Centre for Social Research's (NatCen) British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey has revealed.

The vast majority of British adults have no idea about the warning signs for diabetes, and even those who have the condition themselves underestimate its severity.

People living with rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases are facing major obstacles to diagnosis, treatment and lifestyle according to a major new study published today.

Dissatisfaction in the NHS has risen to 29% which is the highest in a decade, according to an analysis of the National Centre for Social Research's (NatCen) British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey, a gold standard measure of public views on the NHS, by the Nuffield Trust and The King's Fund think tanks.

A major new audit conducted for the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) reveals that hip fracture patients can wait up to 80 days before seeing a physiotherapist at home after being discharged from the hospital.

The number of people diagnosed with diabetes in the UK has more than doubled in the last twenty years, according to new analysis released by Diabetes UK.