NHS trusts have vowed to keep face mask rules in place, despite officials scrapping them now the worst of Covid is over. Health chiefs yesterday dropped all gui... read more
Pharmacists and nurses will soon be given powers to issue sick notes under reforms that could free up millions of GP appointments. The law will be changed so pa... read more
Children should be banned from ever being able to buy cigarettes, according to recommendations set to be unveiled today. The legal smoking age could also be rai... read more
Following NHS advice to eat fish twice a week could leave you more prone to the deadliest type of skin cancer, research today suggested. Scientists analysed mel... read more
Having diabetes makes you more prone to dementia than being genetically at-risk, research suggests. Oxford and Exeter University experts believe suffering a hea... read more
Connecticut woman in her 90s dies after testing positive for rare tick-borne Powassan virus one month after being bitten Woman was in her 90s and in New London ... read more
A grandmother-of-eight is able to go on long walks and 94 mph rollercoasters for the first time in two years after an operation to repair her paralyzed diaphrag... read more
There are real benefits to being optimistic, a new study finds, as it can extend your life span and significantly increase your likelihood of reaching age 90. A... read more
Older people who live alone may be more likely to develop dementia, a major study has found. Socially isolated adults were 26 per cent more likely to develop ... read more
Too much screen time can not only damage your eyes, but the rest of your body processes as well – even potentially shortening your lifespan – expert... read more
Health Secretary Sajid Javid called the findings ‘stark’ and acknowledged parts of NHS leadership ‘need to urgently improve’. He noted &... read more
Barnsley has joined a string of obesity-fighting councils by banning junk food ads on all public buildings. The South Yorkshire council said it will restrict ad... read more
Bacteria-killing mouthwashes are also exterminating ‘good’ micro-organisms even those that create chemicals key for heart and immune system health, ... read more
Calling the fattest category of people ‘morbidly’ obese is offensive, woke researchers said today. And they urged doctors and scientists to stop ref... read more
Arizona and Texas have become the thirteenth and fourteenth states to reported suspected cases of monkeypox, bringing the national tally to 35 cases. Health off... read more
NHS hospitals may have to start rationing treatment to the sickest patients because of cash constraints, senior health chiefs claimed today. Health Secretary Sa... read more
Another 19 people in the UK have been diagnosed with monkeypox as cases of the tropical virus in Britain hit 321. UK Health Security Agency bosses today confir... read more
This is the moment patients in a crowded A&E were told they could be waiting 13 hours to be seen, in a video which epitomises the crisis within the NHS. Sta... read more
Monkeypox has become a notifiable disease in England, meaning all medics must alert local health authorities to suspected cases. The UK Health Security Agency (... read more
Sajid Javid could unveil plans to raise legal smoking age to 21 TOMORROW under radical plans to make UK smoke-free by 2030 Independent report commissioned by H... read more
Health Secretary Sajid Javid called the findings ‘stark’ and acknowledged parts of NHS leadership ‘need to urgently improve’. He noted &... read more
Only one in three GPs can order pancreatic scans despite research showing patients who are diagnosed early are three times more likely to survive for a year, su... read more
