health

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe number of patients in hospital with norovirus has jumped by nearly a tenth in a week, as health chief warns the…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA doctor based in Essex worked overlapping shifts in two hospitals and failed to complete either of them – and also worked…

Reading Time: < 1 minute  Women could soon be able to monitor the progress of their pregnancy thanks to breakthrough wearable ultrasound technology. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome 706 children received immunoglobulin medicine for Kawasaki disease in 2020/21, compared to an average of 336 per year over the previous…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteRachael Field would like to die on a mountaintop, at sunset, with one person by her side.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMinisters are reportedly planning to ban the sale and possession of what is known as laughing gas as part of a bid…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn elderly woman who said she couldn’t afford heating in her home died after developing hypothermia, an inquest has heard. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThousands of NHS physiotherapists in England have become the latest group to join the ongoing industrial action over pay in the health…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe number of cases of a painful and debilitating tropical illness fell last year to a record low, fuelling hopes that it…

Reading Time: < 1 minute“A combination of positive healthy behaviours is associated with a slower rate of memory decline in cognitively normal older adults,” researchers from…