A recent study found that seven in 10 women would choose to test themselves at home ...

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GPs could carry out more NHS Health Checks programme but are being limited by caps imposed by local authorities.

A Pulse investigation reveals how GP practices around the country are being told to limit checks as part of the NHS Health ...

A man from Cawthorpe is recovering from his second NHS joint replacement in under six months, after travelling more than 80 ...

In A Nutshell Metformin, a common diabetes medication costing less than $10 monthly, was linked to 37% fewer cases of ...

A large-scale study that will pilot the use of blood tests to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease has been announced in the UK, in the hope of finding ways to spot people in the earliest stages of the ...

More scans, faster treatment, better survival: the NHS cancer plan is ambitious. Can the system rise to meet it?

The series of strikes by UK resident doctors in recent years has required contingency planning to ensure that NHS hospital services remain safe and open.1 We’ve managed to do this through consultants ...

A key outcome from lung cancer screening studies is the concept of ‘stage-shift’ seen in screen-detected cancers compared ...

‘Assessment of adverse effects attributed to statin therapy in product labels: a meta-analysis of double-blind randomised controlled trials’ by Reith et al. was published in The Lancet at 23:30 UK ...