health

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…

Reading Time: < 1 minutePeople born in the UK’s richest areas are likely to live 12 years longer than those from Glasgow. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteGPs in south east London gave fewer methadone prescriptions to treat opioid addiction last year, new figures show. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute  Britain has reported a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly called mad cow disease Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNewly released data from early in the Covid-19 pandemic has offered a crucial new insight into the outbreak’s origins, suggesting that Covid-infected…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMinisters should consider paying grandparents who help out with childcare amid shortages in the number of nursery spaces available, MPs were told…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteChildren with eczema should not be offered bath emollients on the NHS, according to new guidance. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minutePeople living in places such as Blackpool, Liverpool and Inverclyde are among the most likely to be admitted to hospital in an emergency and die…