health

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA five-year-old schoolgirl from west London has died after contracting Strep A. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s a twice-a-day habit that many won’t give much thought. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlmost one in three private clinics providing pregnancy scans are failing to meet the medical watchdog’s care standards  and some are not…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA London woman unable to wee for more than a year, no matter how much she drank or felt she needed to…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTaking a progestogen-only ‘mini pill’ carries a small risk of breast cancer – similar to combined oral contraceptive pills, say researchers. Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA plan to bring forward the increase in UK pension age has been delayed as ministers reportedly fear a backlash from middle-aged…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA huge earthquake of 6.8 hit Afghanistan on Tuesday, with tremors felt as far as Pakistan and India. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDaughters of overweight mothers are at greater risk of being overweight, a study has found. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBritish GPs have the joint shortest appointments of all family doctors quizzed in ten high-income countries. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Brent landlord was fined more than £160,000 after 18 people including 7 children were found in an overcrowded home, the council…