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Trials have started for a new test for prostate cancer that involves analysing saliva. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK. It often has no symptoms, which makes it difficult to diagnose in the early stages when treatment outcomes are more likely to be successful. Detecting prostate cancer earlier is, […]

25th Nov 2016

Pharmacists could check if you need antibiotics or not

There is a global drive to reduce the number of antibiotics being prescribed in order to reduce the risk of antibiotic resistance; the more antibiotics we all take, the more resistant bacteria become. The problem is growing with more strains of once treatable bacteria becoming increasingly difficult to treat. Antibiotic resistance has been highlighted as […]

28th Oct 2016

Scientists say human lifespan may be limited to 115 years

Life expectancy has been increasing steadily since the 19th century, due to improvements in sanitation, advances in medicine, such as vaccines, safer childbirth, reduced childhood diseases and treatment of diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. We regularly read about people reaching the age of 100 – but just how long can a human expect […]

28th Oct 2016

Prevent Strategy using communities as “lab rats”

Ala Abbas 140 academics and experts, including Noam Chomsky, have signed an open letter protesting against the lack of scrutiny of the scientific evidence underpinning the Government’s Prevent Strategy. The Government has been using the Extremism Risk Guidance 22+ (ERG22+) framework to assess the risk of ‘radicalisation’. The ERG22+ provides the clues to look out […]

Over 120 people attended a landmark conference on the media reporting of Islam and Muslims. It was held jointly by The Muslim News and Society of Editors in London on September 15.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence event is to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to society. Over 850 people from diverse background, Muslim and non-Muslim, attended the gala dinner.