Healthcare

From diabetes to dental care, cardio disease to cancer treatments, explore the trends and technologies shaping the healthcare sector, in the NHS and beyond.

Building connections: how social media can help rare disease patients

Digital communities have become support networks for patients of rare diseases, as well as professionals. They boost access...

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How Covid-19 rocked rare disease communities

People living with rare and complicated health conditions have experienced more challenges than most during the pandemic. However,...

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The role of gene therapy in curing rare diseases

There’s optimism that gene therapy could cure many of the 5,000-plus known rare diseases caused by single-gene disorders,...

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Nicola Blackwood expresses hope and optimism for rare disease patients

Baroness Nicola Blackwood is on a mission to raise awareness of rare diseases, informed by her own health history ...

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