Revealed: The 10 ‘red flag’ symptoms that mean you could have cancer
A persistent cough, a sore that refuses to heal, unexplained weight loss and changing bladder habits.
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Children talking about dementia on TV is a milestone in awareness raising
The TV programme My Life: Mr Alzheimers and Me explores dementia through the eyes of three children.
Calls for minimum NHS staffing levels
A DOCTORS organisation is calling on all political parties to commit to minimum staffing levels within the NHS to prevent serious failings in care.
Woman dies of an overdose after taking pills for her earache
A YOUNG woman accidentally killed herself by taking an overdose of paracetamol to numb the agony of earache, an inquest heard.
Thousands of lives to be saved through early detection of bowel cancer with new 25 blood test
A new cost-effective blood test designed for early detection of bowel cancer is expected to save thousands of lives in Ireland.
Red wine antioxidant can prevent memory deterioration
You’d expect red wine to make remembering harder not easier, but in fact it helps prevent age related memory decline, according to new research.
New medal for medical staff and military personnel who battled Ebola Prime Minister announces new medal for doctors, nurses and soldiers who battled Ebola epidemic in west Africa
Doctors, nurses and military personnel who travelled to West Africa to battle Ebola will receive a new medal, the Prime Minister has announced.
Ellesmere House care home rated ‘inadequate’ by watchdog
Ellesmere House, Shropshire CQC inspectors criticised the way medicines were managed at Ellesmere House
Drowned author Stephen Foster failed by NHS trusts
A critically acclaimed author who died after being admitted to hospital with suicidal feelings was “failed” by the NHS, an ombudsman has found.
Flu jab given to millions is ‘useless’
The flu vaccine given to millions of people in the UK barely works, health officials have admitted, amid warnings that the number of deaths this winter will be the worst for 15 years.