Ketchup with everything: tomato sauce helps fight heart disease
A daily dose of tomato ketchup could significantly improve the functioning of blood vessels in patients with heart disease, research suggests.
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How NHS dehumanises patients, by doctor, 32, who is dying of rare form of cancer
Kate Granger said she had been left psychologically scarred after being told her cancer had spread by a junior doctor who did not even look her in the eye.
The faces of Ward 84: Parents of children with cancer share heart-rending photos of them before, during and after treatment
The parents of children at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital have set up a Facebook page to share pictures showing the effects of cancer on children.
‘World’s smallest’ pacemaker fitted for first time in England
The Micra Transcatheter Pacing System was fitted for the first time in England at Southampton General Hospital.
Orchid View care home scandal review ‘not enough’
A man whose mother died at a scandal-hit care home has said a serious case review has not gone far enough and the private care home sector has failed.
Record four million in the UK have diabetes: 90% of sufferers have obesity-related Type 2 variant
The number of people with diabetes in Britain has reached an all-time high with over four million people now living with the disease.
Hungry men crave bigger women, study finds
It is a well-known maxim that you shouldnt visit the supermarket when feeling hungry, but new research suggests the same is true when going out in search of romance.
Food banks ‘stain on national conscience’
The need for food banks is a “stain on our national conscience”, according to a new charity report.
Over-75s missing out on life-saving surgery for lung cancer: Elderly five times less likely to have an operation even if in good health
Those aged 75 or over were five times less likely to have an operation even if they were in good health and their cancer had not spread.
‘Maybe it’s not about the happy ending, maybe it’s about the story’: Heartbroken family find inspirational 3,000-word secret message written on back of mirror after daughter, 13, dies of cancer
After their daughter lost her fight with cancer, Dean and Caroline Orchard knew they had to face the devastating task of sorting through her belongings.