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Positive Outcomes from Minimum Alcohol Pricing in Scotland

MINIMUM unit pricing (MUP) was first introduced in Scotland in 2018, raising the price per unit of alcohol to 50p. Now, experts…

Phage Therapy Shows Potential in Treating Alcoholic Liver Disease

BACTERIOPHAGES have been used to successfully treat alcoholic liver disease in mice in a recent study…

The News is all Good about Hepatitis C

I should not be alive to write this. It took a medical miracle, the world’s first ever cure for a virus, and some close timing. It also took me pushing…

Prostate Cancer Risk Lowered by Active Lifestyle

PHYSICAL activity could lower the risk of prostate cancer by as much as 51%. For men in the UK, prostate cancer…

Anthrax Combined with Growth Factor Kills Bladder Cancer Cells

ANTHRAX toxin combined with a growth factor has been found to be effective in treating bladder cancer…

IL-23 Inhibition: From Pathophysiological Jungle to Clinical Clearance

The symposium “IL-23 Inhibition: From Pathophysiological Jungle to Clinical Clearance” took place during the 2019 annual European Academy of Dermatology…

Latest Highlights from Guselkumab in Psoriasis from EADV 2019

Guselkumab was the first monoclonal antibody targeting the p19 subunit of IL-23 (IL-23p19) to be approved for the treatment of psoriasis.

Management of Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis in the Era of Targeted Treatments

Prof Augustin opened the symposium by underlining how the management of patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD) has become more dynamic…

Improving Intravenous Immunoglobulin Dosing in Autoimmune Neuropathies

This symposium took place on Monday 24th June 2019, as part of the 2019 Peripheral Nerve Society (PNS) Annual Meeting in Genoa, Italy.

Anticipate Your Next Move in Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia Patient Management

Treatment decisions in chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) are complex and require the evaluation of many factors at each stage of therapy…