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Their training covered subjects nobody wants to hear about when they're imminently expecting: shoulder dystocia, postpartum haemorrhage, and neonatal collapse. "I'm hoping that we won't see such emergencies," one doctor…
That’s one in seven young people, drifting up in recent years and well above the one in ten or less in the best performing countries. It’s a huge loss of potential, with large economic and fiscal costs. A problem long in…
At the Labour Party Conference on 28th September, Chancellor John Healey announced another £100 million to expand the Local Apprenticeship Service. As FE News reported , the funding will run across two years, and allow…
The technologies students will use in their careers are evolving faster than academic institutions can update curricula, retrain educators and redesign the way students learn. Artificial intelligence has made this gap…
For nearly five years, Adrianne has lived with a chronic urinary tract infection (UTI) - a condition it took her two years to get a diagnosis for. In that time she was wrongly told it was colon cancer, Crohn's disease or…
A Cambridge study found that of the 86 scientists named by UK exam boards, the English chemist, whose work in the 1950s helped reveal the structure of DNA, was the only woman. Exam specifications set out the skills and…
It will test multiple drugs simultaneously, starting with two repurposed medicines already used to treat type 2 diabetes and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The study will examine whether the drugs can…
The 71-year-old pontiff had the lower lobe of his right lung removed on 13 October and was diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma, the most common form of lung cancer. Final histological examinations and molecular biology…
Test results on tissue removed during surgery confirmed he had had a lung adenocarcinoma, as was initially diagnosed, and that the disease was localised, according to a statement shared by the Vatican. "A subsequent…
It was "now clear" that the study "will not move forward in Guinea-Bissau", Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer, a Danish researcher, wrote on LinkedIn, adding, "we were not given the necessary governmental approval." The…