health

Reading Time: < 1 minutePatients are soon to be offered ultra-accurate scans that can flag up blood clots – helping doctors take steps to prevent heart…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteResults from a phase 3 trial for the medicine for Wilson’s disease proved three times more successful at removing copper deposits compared…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA psychologist has dispelled some of the common misconceptions about what it takes to be happy, and how to enhance your wellbeing…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorld leading longevity expert, Dr David Sinclair and author of Lifespan: Why We Age and Why We Don’t Have To, shared his…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt might be tempting to try and get rid of unsightly nose hairs the moment you spot one – but a doctor…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA shortage of blood tubes has put doctors and patients in a “terrible, unenviable position”, with GPs facing “difficult choices” about who…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne in 14 people over the age of 65 have dementia with the condition affecting roughly one in six people over the…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBlood pressure tablets should be considered for all over-50s even if they do not have high blood pressure, according to an Oxford…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBritain’s diabetes crisis threatens to ‘bankrupt the NHS’ as one in every eight pounds spent on prescriptions is now for the disease, experts…