Opposition parties claim Scots A&E units ‘in crisis’
Opposition parties have said emergency care in Scotland is “in crisis” after ministers intervened at a hospital that failed to meet waiting times targets.
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Telegraph health advice: Breast cancer
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in the UK. In 2011, just under 50,000 women were diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. Most women who get it are over 50, but younger women, and in rare cases, men, can also get breast cancer
Spread the word butter is back in favour. But for how long?
First it’s banned, now it isn’t – and tomorrow it could be banned again. What’s behind the constant scientific tug of war over fatty foods?
Telling women not to drink when trying to conceive is patronising
New advice for those women trying to conceive concerning alcohol has irked Sally Peck. It’s yet another sign of the its all your fault mothers’ club
Smoking in cars with children to be banned from next October
More than 700 senior doctors backed a legal ban last year, saying that being in a car significantly worsened the harm done to children by cigarette smoke
Lung cancer breathalyser to go on trial in NHS hospitals by summer 2015
A new device that could detect lung cancer from a patient’s breath is about to undergo clinical trials in NHS hospitals.
NHS whistleblower report: hospitals to get ‘guardians’ to protect staff who speak out
Every hospital in England will have a whistleblowers guardian to protect and advise staff who speak out about wrongdoing and patient safety fears in the NHS.
There’s ‘no point’ telling obese people to exercise more, doctors claim
Expecting all obese people to lose weight solely by eating less and moving more misunderstands the nature of the condition and will never solve the obesity epidemic, leading doctors have said.
Advice issued on hidden filming in care homes
Guidance is being issued about the use of hidden cameras to monitor the care of people in hospitals and care homes.
Still Alice is shockingly accurate dementia sufferers give their verdict
Julianne Moore is an Oscar favourite for her portrayal of a woman with dementia in Still Alice. But what do people with the condition think of the film?