By KATE PICKLES HEALTH EDITOR Published: 19:07 EST, 10 February 2025 | Updated: 19:15 EST, 10 February 2025 More than half of women say periods are negatively affecting their lives but take two years to seek medical help, a report […]
By KATE PICKLES HEALTH EDITOR Published: 19:14 EST, 10 February 2025 | Updated: 20:00 EST, 10 February 2025 Medical students are drinking to hazardous levels with one in five considering quitting due to the ‘toxic and competitive work culture’, a
The NHS is set to miss its target of catching three-quarters of cancers early while thousands are waiting too long to start treatment, experts have warned. Almost three in five cancers – including breast, prostate and lung – are now
Busy A&Es are seeing rising numbers of patients seeking emergency help for hiccups, blocked noses and headaches, an audit has found. Analysis of NHS data shows growing attendances for minor ailments including coughs, feeling sick and insomnia, heaping unnecessary pressure
Busy A&Es are seeing rising numbers of patients seeking emergency help for hiccups, blocked noses and headaches, an audit has found. Analysis of NHS data shows growing attendances for minor ailments including coughs, feeling sick and insomnia, heaping unnecessary pressure
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By KATE PICKLES Published: 19:09 EST, 29 December 2024 | Updated: 19:09 EST, 29 December 2024 Long waits for NHS weight-loss services are driving patients into buying potentially dangerous jabs online, the nation’s top GP has warned. Professor Kamila Hawthorne, chairman
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By KATE PICKLES HEALTH CORRESPONDENT FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 16:07 EST, 29 December 2024 | Updated: 16:07 EST, 29 December 2024 A daily pill which could be the first to slow Alzheimer’s disease is being considered for use on
By KATE PICKLES Published: 19:08 EST, 18 December 2024 | Updated: 19:14 EST, 18 December 2024 More than a thousand women with advanced breast cancer are set to get ‘more time with loved ones’ after a new treatment was given
It’s news that’s worth raising a glass to. Drinking a glass of wine a day could be more effective than statins at lowering the chances of a heart attack, research suggests. In the most compelling evidence to date, scientists found
Like so many women my age, I have a few inches round my waist which I’d rather I didn’t. But at 42, and with two young children, I take some comfort from knowing that, at a size 12 – I’m
