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Using PET scans of the brain, University of Michigan researchers showed that dopamine falls and fluctuates at different times during a migraine headache. This could help scientists better understand dopamine-based therapies for migraines as well as a patient's behavior during an attack.

People with advanced pancreatic cancer in England whose first chemotherapy treatment has not been effective, or stopped working, are being denied access to a new second treatment option on the NHS following on from a NICE announcement.

The first patients have been enrolled into the ELIMINATE-AF study, pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH has said.

The UK Gout Society has joined forces with doctors, parliamentarians, doctors and other charities to help raise awareness of gout €“ the most common form of inflammatory arthritis worldwide, which now affects one in 40 people in the UK.

People with advanced pancreatic cancer in England whose first chemotherapy treatment has not been effective, or stopped working, are being denied access to a new second treatment option on the NHS following an announcement from NICE.

New drugs that could improve the lives of people with diabetes could be delayed for several years under a new system being introduced by NHS England at the end of the month.

A new 5mg twice daily oral tablet to reduce inflammation in adults with rheumatoid arthritis, tofacitinib citrate (Xeljanz), has been granted Marketing Authorisation by the European Commission and is now licensed in the UK. 

New drugs which could improve the lives of people with diabetes could be delayed for several years under a new system being introduced by NHS England at the end of the month.

Thyroid disease is a common disorder in pregnancy. In this article the authors, look at the manifestations, management and treatment options

Antibiotic prescribing in England has fallen for the first time. Dr Bianca Potterton considers why

Tobacco control expert Andrea Crossfield MBE considers the dramatic reductions in young people's smoking in recent years, especially while adult smoking rates are falling more slowly and smoking-related health inequalities persist

Pre-menopausal South Asian women could be more at risk of developing osteoporosis in later life than white Caucasian women, a new study in the Journal Bone reports. 

NICE will join over 50 organisations across Europe in a five-year project called HARMONY. Using big data to increase understanding of blood cancers, the project aims to speed up the development and patient access to innovative medicines for this disease are

Delirium is associated with a five-fold increase in mortality in acute cardiac patients, according to research published in European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care.

Smokers treated for breast cancer have much higher risks than non-smokers of developing lung cancer or heart attack as a result of radiotherapy, according to a new study funded by Cancer Research UK and published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.