To better understand what may be considered ‘innovative’ in healthcare, we suggest criteria for innovation and identify potential challenges to newly introduced innovations in the field.

Mobile health (mHealth) is the utilisation of mobile technologies in healthcare and has particular relevance in improving lifestyle behaviours…

THE RESULTS of a large study that used the smartphones of over 10,000 participants show that small amounts of physical activity, or non-exercise activity…

RESEARCHERS at the University of Cambridge have identified four genetic variants that affect the severity of Crohn’s disease but appear to have no…

ALCOHOL consumption has continuously been linked to a number of dermatological conditions. Although still not proven, studies have now provided…

MATHEMATICAL MODELLING has been used to study how atopic dermatitis (AD), the most common form of eczema, progresses. A team of researchers from Imperial…

SCIENTISTS from the Dental Institute at King’s College London, London, UK, have reported a way to stimulate stem cell renewal as a new tooth repair…

SPECIFIC musical anhedonia, or an inability to experience pleasure from music, has been associated with a reduction in the activity of an area of the..

NEW research has emphasised the importance of dietary fibre in protecting the gut from infection, a component recommended as an integral constituent of a…

GENE expression is affected by gut microbiota changes induced by diet, new research has revealed. It is currently known that while the DNA composition of…