Smartphone use ‘changing our brains’
Our brains are adapting to touchscreen smartphone technology say researchers who have carried out a study on human volunteers.
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Scientists use skin cells to create artificial sperm and eggs
Scientists have made primitive forms of artificial sperm and eggs in a medical feat that could transform the understanding of age-related diseases and fertility problems.
NHS funding changes risk lives, consultants say
Almost 350 senior consultants have warned that proposals to change NHS funding will put patients lives at risk.
600,000 cancer cases ‘avoidable’
Healthier living could have prevented almost 600,000 cases of cancer in the UK in the last five years, a report claims.
Loom bands ‘inhalation danger’ to young children
Doctors are warning parents of the need to be vigilant after a spate of children with loom bands stuck up their noses.
Elderly stuck in hospital beds for eight months waiting for a nursing home
Elderly people are being trapped in hospital beds for up to eight months after they have recovered because nursing homes places are unavailable.
Loneliness at Christmas causes spike in elderly attending A&E
The impact of loneliness and isolation on older people at Christmas can cause a major spike in admissions to accident and emergency departments, according to a leading urgent care doctor.
Festive game designed to trigger happy memories in people with dementia
Unseen vintage Christmas adverts have been used to create a festive game to help trigger happy memories in people with dementia.
GPs who put money before patient care and who is really to blame for the dawn queues outside health centre
One shameful statistic, if that is the right word, lies behind the dawn queues outside the Sunbury Health Centre in Surrey.
New arthritis implant hailed as magic
People suffering from rheumatoid arthritis have been given new hope after some patients fitted with electrical implants reported they had become pain free.