The Apple iPhone app that takes your blood pressure… then tells your GP
Apple iPhone users will soon be able to have their blood pressure, temperature and pulse monitored by their mobile and the results sent direct to their GP.
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A beautiful spring day and four-and-a-half-year-old twins Charlie and Alfie Feilden are happily charging around a play area in the village of Winsley, near Bath.
Men ‘feel more pain after major ops’
Men feel more pain than women while recovering from major surgery, a study suggests.
Skin cancer trial results ‘exciting’
The results of two international trials against advanced skin cancer have been hailed as “exciting and striking”.
NHS ‘still failing’ dementia patients, report says
People with severe dementia are still not getting acceptable care from the NHS in Scotland, according to a mental health watchdog.
Troubled hospital criticised over poor care
A hospital where half a dozen patients died after controversial keyhole cancer surgery has been found to be unsafe in a damning report by the health regulator, it can be revealed.
Circumcision reduces the risk of prostate cancer by up to 60% – but is most effective when done after the age of 35
Being circumcised can reduce a mans risk of prostate cancer by up to 60 per cent, new research has revealed.
Researchers to develop a tiny robot hand that could revolutionise treating congenital conditions in unborn babies
Researchers are hoping to develop a minuscule device that could treat conditions such as spina bifida in unborn children.
Huge Response To Lord Saatchi’s Medical Innovation Bill
A public consulatation on whether doctors should be allowed to experiment on dying patients with novel techniques has won huge support from the public.
Last photo of mum-of-four begging for painkillers on hospital floor before she died from ‘treatable’ blood clot
Curled up in agony on a hospital floor, this is the last photo of a mum-of-four as she was forced to crawl to beg nurses for painkillers.