health

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA case of avian influenza in a person has been found in the South West of England, health officials have said.   Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than 20 hospital trusts around the country have declared critical incidents amid “extreme and unprecedented” Covid-related staff shortages. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUrgent operations such as cardiac and cancer treatments are being delayed in hospitals as the NHS is stretched like never before, health…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA life-extending prostate cancer drug has been rejected for use on the NHS after officials ruled it is not worth the money. Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn a first for cancer diagnosis, a cheap and simple-to-administer test has shown the ability to tell if a patient has the disease…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn 2 January 2021, a friend told me that their New Year’s resolution was to walk 10,000 steps a day. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThousands of men with prostate cancer in the UK could be cured with an hour-long operation, doctors hope.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteGenerations of women last night demanded an urgent inquiry into a drug they call the ‘silent Thalidomide’. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA new WHO report shows that close to 7 million deaths could be prevented by 2030 if low- and lower-middle-income countries were…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNHS trusts could start cancelling operations next week if Covid hospitalisations escalate significantly, hospital chiefs have warned. Read More