New research suggests that steroid drugs, a common treatment for young children prone to wheezing and colds, do not help and may even be harmful.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown views a magnetic navigation laboratory during his visit to the Royal Brompton Hospital in west London where he attended a NHS health research summit yesterday. Patients will be encouraged to take part in research and clinical trials under plans announced by Mr Brown.

Rationale: In interstitial lung disease complicating systemic sclerosis (SSc-ILD), the optimal prognostic use of baseline pulmonary function tests (PFTs) and high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is uncertain.

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- Is this in the wake of last week's hospital fire? Correct. While the main challenge was clearly evacuating patients and staff safely from London's Royal Marsden cancer hospital, the establishment's high profile meant the PR team was also handling four calls per minute as the fire still raged.