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.

Genomics poses data questions for insurance industry

Predictive genome tests are a powerful tool to detect cancer early. This could benefit the insurance sector, but...

Cancer

How good gut health can help you sleep better

Studies suggest a possible link between insomnia and a lack of diversity in gut bacteria. The scientists say...

Diet
Cancer care in the age of telemedicine

Thanks to Covid-19, doctors do much of their work online or over the phone. But is this suited...

Cancer
The personal touch: genomics and the fight against cancer

Genomic medicines could transform cancer treatment, saving millions of lives – all while cutting costs “What you now see...

Cancer

Ovarian cancer screening disappoints, but lessons remain

A trial found that ovarian cancer screening doesn’t save lives, but the research still taught experts much about...

Cancer
The Covid effect: clearing the cancer backlog

As exhausted NHS staff struggle to reduce a backlog of cancer cases caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the...

Cancer
The health dangers of losing sleep

There is an inextricable link between sleeplessness and ill-health for everyone, but research indicates that teens and over-65s...

Healthcare
‘Coronasomnia’ takes shine off WFH

As the nation’s ‘sleep debt’ deepens in the pandemic, the increasingly harmful effect that insomnia is having on...

Business Strategy