Search & Filter

A blood test capable of simultaneously detecting and distinguishing between a range of childhood diseases has been developed.

Junior doctors in Scotland have voted to accept the latest pay offer from the Scottish Government and will receive a pay rise of 12.4% backdated to April. 

Women living with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes have a greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to new research.

In part one of this two-part series, we speak to three experts in the field of dementia about whether eating a healthy, balanced diet could help stave off Alzheimer's disease.

Patients who reported extreme pain after a heart attack were more than twice as likely to die during the eight-year study period compared to heart attack survivors who had no pain, new research has found.

The government has announced a £250 million funding boost to increase hospital bed capacity this winter, but there are concerns regarding staffing.

NICE has recommended the use of four digital platforms to enable easier access to weight management services and to support the use of medication.

A new awareness campaign encouraging people to call 999 when they are having early signs of a heart attack has been launched.

NHS leaders are concerned that the government is “stepping back from some of the ambitions it has previously set out”, following the publication of the Major Conditions Strategy (MCS).

Here, James Staring, Lead Trainer at Fit to Last, provides his top tips that GPs and other healthcare professionals can give their older patients who are looking to begin their fitness journey.

A new consultation has been launched seeking views on the introduction and design of pack inserts into tobacco products to encourage people to give up smoking.

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies could be used to speed up contouring in radiotherapy treatment planning, according to draft guidance from NICE. 

A quarter of Scottish doctors are planning to leave their GP practices in the next two years, according to a BMA wellbeing survey.

The health Ombudsman is calling for urgent improvements to imaging practices in the NHS after a recent avoidable death.