December 2017 18 December Treatment centres offer stem cell therapy on websites despite largely being unproven Treatment centres offer stem cell therapy on websites, despite largely being unproven for many conditions Read article >
November 2017 23 November Ground-breaking project wins another award The ground-breaking Time for Dementia project wins another top NHS award Read article > 7 November Social mobility tsar comes to BSMS The Rt Hon Alan Milburn gives a special lecture to students, their guests and colleagues from BSMS Read article > 1 November Solving of a decade-long mystery could help in fight against TB Scientists at BSMS and the University of Sussex have solved a decade-old mystery that could eventually lead to the development of earlier treatments for one of the world's deadliest diseases Read article >
October 2017 27 October Albion Chair opens new scanner suite to bring research and care 'into the premiership' Chairman of Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club Tony Bloom officially opens a new scanning facility at BSMS Read article > 16 October Ground-breaking dementia project wins top award Time for Dementia, the ground-breaking project to help improve the care people with dementia receive now and in the future, has won a top mental health award. Read article > 11 October Cancer expert teams up with Liz Hurley for worldwide campaign Leading cancer expert will join actress and model Liz Hurley in promoting the 25th anniversary of a worldwide breast cancer campaign. Read article >
September 2017 18 September Celebrating the best of British Science Personalised medicine, live anatomy and robotic seals: highlights from the 2017 British Science Festival. Read article >
August 2017 9 August BSMS top undergraduate medical school for student satisfaction Students put BSMS in first position in the National Student Survey (NSS) for medical schools Read article >
July 2017 27 July 'Complete the course' message for antibiotics should be dropped New research finds that completing a course of antibiotics is not supported by evidence and should be dropped Read article > 18 July Services failing women with perinatal depression and anxiety New study shows there is a shortage of adequate mental health services available to women suffering from perinatal depression and anxiety Read article > 17 July Small Batch Coffee joins campaign to prevent podo Small Batch Coffee hosts Ethiopian night to raise money for Prevent Podo Read article > 14 July Multi-million pound award boosts research into neglected tropical diseases Research into neglected tropical diseases that cause suffering among some of the world's poorest communities has been given a much-needed boost Read article >
June 2017 22 June New network brings Sussex motor neurone disease care into one place for first time The Sussex MND Care and Research Networks is being inaugurated during Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Awareness Month Read article > 15 June Carers can only care well if they are cared for, conference shows Brighton and Sussex Medical School hosts conference to mark Carers Week Read article > 2 June Conference celebrates Time for Dementia project Students join families affected by dementia at stakeholder conference to celebrate award-winning project Read article >
May 2017 22 May 13 ton scanner winched in by crane to university imaging centre A new state-of-the-art Siemens scanner will open up exciting research and educational opportunities at BSMS Read article > 12 May End is in sight in battle with HIV We are closer than ever to ending the HIV epidemic, said a panel of experts at 'HIV: is victory in sight?' in the Brighton Festival Read article >
April 2017 11 April Is online information on antioxidants trustworthy, study investigates People are getting advice and information on the benefits of antioxidants from commercial and news websites more than you might expect, study finds Read article >
March 2017 31 March It's true - the sound of nature helps us relax New research explains how, for the first time, the sound of nature helps us relax Read article > 30 March Can we break the link between autism and anxiety? A new treatment that aims to prevent people with autism from developing anxiety is being trialled at BSMS Read article >
January 2017 30 January 'Survival gene' stops strains of TB mutating into deadly 'superbugs' Research identifies key 'survival gene' that prevents strains of TB from mutating Read article > 17 January Racial bias in a heartbeat: How the heart may influence the head New research finds that signals from the heart shape snap judgements about threat Read article >
Events 27 Apr The New Immortals 2016-2024: A Symposium View event > 29 Apr Journey through the NHS - online talk View event > 30 Apr Getting into Medicine - online talk View event >