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More than a THIRD of children have NOT had both MMR jabs in parts of England
More than a third of children have not had their life-saving MMR vaccine in parts of England, according to official stats...
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NHS officials ruled student died after being denied face-to-face appointment
The family of the law student believe he would not have died if he had been seen face-to-face by a GP A law student...
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Running the London Marathon without training could be possible, experts reveal
Running a marathon is, without question, one of the single greatest feats of human endurance. Athletes face aching muscles,...
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Obesity should be considered a brain disorder like autism or ADHD, US doctors sensationally claim
Obesity should be considered a brain disorder like autism or ADHD, doctors claim It occurs due to brain developments occurring in...
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Autumn Covid wave officially kicks off: NHS virus admissions jump by HALF in a week
England’s autumn Covid wave has officially kicked off, top experts claimed today as figures revealed both cases and...
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UK Covid infections lowest since last October
About 944,700 people in the UK had coronavirus in the week ending 28 August, according to the ONS – down from 1.1 million...
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Walk and wait is best strategy to stop baby crying
According to a small but novel study, which asked parents to try a range of methods, walking for five minutes while carrying...
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GPs allowed to close on day of Queen’s funeral
The letter to hospitals, signed by NHS England’s chief operating officer Sir David Sloman, said NHS trusts should also...
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Anti-obesity strategy to be reviewed due to cost-of-living crisis
Katharine Jenner, director of the Obesity Health Alliance, a coalition of 40 organisations, said axing measures in the strategy...
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Queen’s funeral: Routine hospital care being postponed
Other NHS trusts which confirmed there would be some disruption to routine services include Bedfordshire Hospitals, Leeds...
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Steroids can change shape of your BRAIN, finds study
Steroids can change the structure of the brain, according to a new study into the commonly-prescribed drugs. Brain scans...
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Staring at your phone too long may give you WRINKLES, study warns
Staring at your phone too long may give you WRINKLES! Excessive blue light may ‘accelerate aging process’, study...
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NHS is hurtling towards a ‘winter of discontent’ with ‘distinct possibility’ doctors strike
Philip Banfield, chairman of the British Medical Association, is calling for an inflation-busting 30 per cent...
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Mother-of-two, 54, said she was left looking like ‘ET’ and suicidal after a botched £17,000 facelift
Mother, 54, claims she looks like ‘E.T.’ and feels suicidal after a £13,000 facelift from a doctor who appeared...
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Statins myths debunked: Cholesterol-busting pills don’t cause memory loss or diabetes
They have prevented countless heart attacks and strokes and probably saved the lives of millions in the process. And despite...
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Covid restrictions will finally be lifted for IVF couples in Glasgow
Her husband, Scott, was not with her for appointments including when she was told whether she was successfully responding...
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Anorexia: Welsh patient treated hundreds of miles from home
Molly Leonard, 24, from Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, has spent time in units in London, Bristol and Glasgow.
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Covid infections continuing to fall around the UK
“Our most recent data suggests that infection rates have continued to decrease across much of the UK, although rates...
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NHS 111 software outage confirmed as cyber-attack
“As a precaution, to avoid risk to other critical systems and services, access to the company’s services from...
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UK should move to one dose of HPV jab for teens
Currently, girls and boys are offered a first dose when they are around 11-13, with a second one some months later.
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Would you swap your Aperol spritz for sprints on a luxury mini-break?
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.’ Remember that? In the olden days, leading a healthy lifestyle used to be pretty...
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Fears for safety of pregnant women as NHS data shows record number of midwives quit due to stress
Record number of midwives have quit due to stress of the job amid fears for safety of pregnant women Analysis of NHS figures...
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Study identifies three themes found in the dreams of anxious people
New research suggests that the dream content of people with anxiety disorders may be significantly different to that of healthy...
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DR MAX PEMBERTON: Never doubt the power of saying ‘I’m sorry’
While on a visit to Canada last week, the Pope made a historic apology for decades of abuse at Roman Catholic schools. ‘I...
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The alternative medicines that actually work, according to the world’s leading expert
When people think of ‘alternative’ medicine, they often associate it with charlatans, quacks and pseudoscience. But...
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Britain’s Covid cases jump by a THIRD in a week
Covid cases have jumped by a third in Britain over the past week, with as many as one in 20 people now infected in parts...
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Are Covid restrictions STILL on the cards?
Are Covid restrictions STILL on the cards? Boris refuses to rule out curbs but says there’s no plans for any ‘at...
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Jacinda Ardern begs UK tourists to return to New Zealand as she prepares to FINALLY reopen borders
Jacinda Ardern has begged UK tourists to visit New Zealand as it prepares to fully reopen its borders after more than two...
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Heart transplants from pigs move a step closer with US health chiefs ‘set to approve bigger trials’
Pig heart transplants could soon be offered more widely to patients in the US as health chiefs consider green-lighting clinical...
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Letting doctors WFH to do the ‘school run’ could help solve GP crisis, expert claims
Letting GPs work from home could help solve the staffing crisis in general practice, it has been suggested. Providing more...
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Peanut allergy sufferer George, 10, tries new drug
George, from Bungay, Suffolk, is among the first patients in the UK to be given the newly-approved drug Palforzia.
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Adele Roberts: Radio 1 DJ reveals she’s free from bowel cancer
“I am also in awe of anyone dealing with cancer. The courage, the strength, the determination… and at times, the...
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Sir John Major calls contaminated blood scandal ‘incredibly bad luck’
The public inquiry into the scandal, chaired by former judge Sir Brian Langstaff, started taking evidence in April 2019 with...
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Doctors warn of industrial action amid pay squeeze
“Pay restoration is the right, just and moral thing to do, but it is a significant demand and it won’t be easy...
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Covid-booster response hope for most vulnerable
The research team, from Nottingham, the University of Manchester, Imperial College London, the University of Oxford and Queen...
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Children who play team sports are less likely to suffer depression or anxiety
Children who play team sports are less likely to suffer depression or anxiety but individual ones like tennis raise the risk,...
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Walking more slowly in older age could be a warning sign for dementia, major study finds
Slowed walking speed in older age could be a sign of dementia, study finds, as part of brain that controls pace begins to...
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Rates of esophageal cancer among middle-aged Americans doubled over a five year period
Rates of esophageal cancer among middle aged Americans have rocketed in what one expert calls an ‘alarming’ finding. An...
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‘Outdoorsy’ Father-of-two, 60, left suffering memory problems with Lyme disease
An ‘outdoorsy’ father-of-two died after memory problems triggered by Lyme disease that left him struggling to...
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Britain’s monkeypox outbreak is linked to ‘gay bars, saunas and Grindr’
Britain’s monkeypox cases are linked to gay bars, saunas and dating apps, health chiefs revealed as the cumulative...