Rock-it science: research highlights dangers of heavy metal
Since the genre was born with the release of Black Sabbath's eponymous album in 1970, many people have claimed that heavy metal is bad for your health.
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Posted Tuesday 23 December 2008
by Elizabeth Cairns,
Editor, Science & Technology

Innovation in Norway
"Hospital stays are about 80% boredom and only 20% pain," says Arne Olav Solumsmo, St Olav's director of communications. If patients who couldn't sleep were able to watch a movie instead, it might make them think twice about calling a nurse, he reckons. Tina and I get to see why Norway is so outside the box.
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Posted Friday 12 December 2008
by Madeleine Armstrong,
Senior Reporter, Science & Technology

A successful technology rollout is not just about the new spec, says Olympus UK
Like all other successful technology rollouts, the BloodTrack wireless implementation at the UK's Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch hospitals isn't just about a technology whose time had come. Much of it is down to the people factor.
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Posted Monday 1 December 2008
by Salina Christmas,
Web Editor

Airport body scanners and the risk/benefit question
The European Commission nearly banned MRI scanners for medical use, but now they want to use scanners on everyone for non-medical purposes. Has the world gone mad?
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Posted Thursday 13 November 2008
by Amanda Maxwell,
Editor, European Regulatory Affairs

Should UK NHS allow patients private top-ups?
Is it ethical to allow UK National Health Service patients to pay for private top-ups as they seek better care, better chances of survival or better QoL?
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Posted Monday 10 November 2008
by Amanda Maxwell,
Editor, European Regulatory Affairs

"Transsexual gene" found
The latest genetic discovery points to a role of biological factors in gender identity - could even transsexualism be in your genes?
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Posted Thursday 30 October 2008
by Madeleine Armstrong,
Senior Science Reporter

Words of hope for African healthcare
"It drives economies. It determines what our future is going to be like."
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Posted Monday 27 October 2008
by Bernard Murphy,
Deputy Editor

Going bald is in your genes
Now some of us have something else to blame on our parents. Two sets of scientists have uncovered two gene regions that, together, make a man seven times more likely to go bald. One in seven men has both risk alleles, and these are "almost certain" to lose their hair before the age of 50, one researcher said.

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Posted Friday 17 October 2008
by Madeleine Armstrong,
Senior Science Reporter

Does genetic testing increase stress?
Recent criticism of genetic testing has raised questions on whether these kinds of tests are beneficial – could a positive result lead to increased stress, or a negative result to complacency? Madeleine Armstrong went out onto the streets of London to see how people feel about a gene test for cancer.
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Posted Tuesday 14 October 2008
by Madeleine Armstrong,
Senior Science Reporter

Standardisation so important for imaging
What is the point of using cutting-edge and expensive modalities in clinical cancer trials if differences in practices mean these trials cannot be compared?
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Posted Friday 26 September 2008
by Madeleine Armstrong,
Senior Science Reporter