Children are facing ‘catastrophic’ waits for community health care after the backlog surged to almost 315,000, doctors warn. Long waits can cause ‘irreparable harm’ and have ‘lifelong impacts’, according to the new report by the Royal College of Paediatrics and […]
By SHAUN WOOLLER HEALTH EDITOR FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 20:00 EDT, 21 May 2025 | Updated: 20:00 EDT, 21 May 2025 Elderly people who have a positive attitude towards ageing will recover better if they have a fall, a
Improved breast screening could identify an extra 3,500 cancers per year in the UK and save hundreds of lives, a study suggests. Extra scans for some women picked up early-stage cancers that remained ‘hidden’ during regular mammograms – more than
Catching the virus that causes cold sores almost doubles the risk of developing Alzheimer’s – but treatment slashes the odds, a study suggests. Researchers previously found the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) can lie dormant in human cells for
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Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that half of the UK should be allowed to get their hands on fat jabs under widened criteria. Researchers at the Tony Blair Institute have suggested extending the measure for eligibility could allow
The nation’s heart health has declined more quickly at the start of the 2020s than any other decade for more than 50 years, figures suggest. Analysis by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) found rising deaths among working-age adults from cardiovascular
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Health officials have launched a new scheme to help identify people who may have unknowingly been given infected blood. People aged 29 and over who newly register with GP practices in England will be asked if they had a blood
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Hospitals were crippled by flu outbreaks this winter after record numbers of frontline NHS workers shunned the jab, the Mail can reveal. Fewer than four in ten staff (37 per cent) received the vaccine, with rates plummeting to less than
By SHAUN WOOLLER HEALTH EDITOR FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 18:30 EDT, 13 May 2025 | Updated: 18:30 EDT, 13 May 2025 Working 52 hours or more each week harms people’s memory and problem solving – and disrupts their emotions,
By SHAUN WOOLLER Published: 21:24 EDT, 23 March 2025 | Updated: 21:26 EDT, 23 March 2025 Biopsies guided by high-resolution ultrasound could speed-up the diagnosis of prostate cancer, a major trial suggests. The ‘game-changing’ technology proved just as effective as
