The NHS in England is launching a world-first trial of a “gamechanging” artificial intelligence tool that can identify patients at risk of type 2 diabetes more than a decade before they develop the condition. More than 500 million people worldwide […]
NHS to begin world-first trial of AI tool to identify type 2 diabetes risk | Diabetes Read More »
Surgeons have performed a double-lung transplant using a novel machine which revives donor organs and keeps them alive and breathing outside the human body. The operation marked the first time the machine has been used in the UK. The pioneering
Machine to revive donor organs used in double-lung transplant in UK first | NHS Read More »
Doctors have issued a warning over tiny beads that can expand up to 400 times their original size when exposed to liquid, amid reports linking them to serious harm and deaths among children. The water beads are marketed for various
UK doctors warn of risk from expanding water beads marketed as toys | Health Read More »
Exposure to air pollution is linked to an increased risk of hospital admission for mental illness, according to the most comprehensive study of its kind. The research, involving more than 200,000 people in Scotland, found an increase in exposure to
The number of under-50s being diagnosed with bowel cancer is increasing worldwide, according to research that also reveals rates are rising faster in England than almost any other country. For the first time, global data suggests doctors are seeing more
Bowel cancer rising among under-50s worldwide, research finds | Bowel cancer Read More »
Puberty blockers for under-18s with gender dysphoria will be banned indefinitely across the UK except for use in clinical trials, Labour has announced. Wes Streeting, the health secretary, said that after receiving advice from medical experts, he would make existing
Puberty blockers to be banned indefinitely for under-18s across UK | Transgender Read More »
Women who add four minutes a day of high-intensity routine activities such as climbing the stairs instead of taking a lift could halve their risk of heart attacks, a study suggests. Less than five minutes of brief bouts of exertion
Hundreds of patients in England with a rare form of eye cancer are to be offered on the NHS a pioneering drug that kills cancer cells and boosts the chances of survival. In guidance published on Tuesday, the National Institute
The NHS is to offer a 10-minute “sponge on a string” test to 120,000 patients in England with heartburn to see if it should be used to screen millions of people for one of the world’s deadliest cancers. Patients swallow
NHS trials ‘sponge on a string’ test for risk signs of oesophageal cancer | Cancer Read More »
One in three child and adolescent consultant psychiatrist posts in England are vacant, according to a “shocking” analysis laying bare the workforce crisis that experts say is fuelling “unacceptable” long waits for NHS care. The number of children and young
