IT IS a devastating condition affecting thousands of people. In West Yorkshire alone there are currently 25,590 living with dementia and 67,630 in Yorkshire and the Humber, according to new figures released by the Alzheimers Society.
New research from the UK finds that heart attack patients have a greater chance of dying after they leave the hospital if they miss even one component of their after-care.
AstraZeneca is to pursue an experimental Alzheimer’s drug that has shown signs of promise in early testing.
Researchers have created a blood test that they have used to accurately diagnose depression in a small sample of people, and they hope that with time and funding it could be used on a widespread basis.
Nursing Times launched the campaign on Twitter last week and enco
NHS hospitals will have to display their inspection rating at the entrance or in waiting rooms under new proposals unveiled by Jeremy Hunt.
Thousands of lives a year could be saved by using a dialysis-like device to clean up poisoned blood, research suggests.
A man has been given just months to live after learning a mole he developed while on holiday was in fact a rare form of cancer that has spread through his inner organs.
The Royal College of Physicians has called on the political parties to stop reorganising the NHS, to increase funding and to commit to a health service free at the point of delivery.
witching from driving a car to walking or cycling to work improves our wellbeing, a study suggests.
