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More than two billion people use WhatsApp every month due to its simplicity and flexibility, yet many will not be aware of the host of hidden features.

Utilising private healthcare as a method to tackle the NHS backlog is “not a panacea” for bringing down waiting lists, according to a new report by The Health Foundation.

With prostate cancer being the second most common cancer in men worldwide, could prostate specific antigen screening be the answer?

Medicinal cannabis offers safe and effective pain relief for cancer patients, a new study has found.

GPs in England are seeing, on average, around 200 more patients a year compared to 2019, according to new figures from the House of Commons Library.

More than one million NHS workers – including nurses, ambulance workers and physiotherapists – are set to receive a 5% pay rise after the NHS Staff Council voted to accept the government’s pay offer.

Today, the High Court ruled that it would be illegal for the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) to strike on 2nd May, as its six-month mandate for strike action would have lapsed.

Patients with new health conditions experience on average a fall in annual earnings of £2,200, according to a new study looking at the cost of poor health on employment and earnings.

NICE has approved two new blood cancer personalised immunotherapy (CAR-T) treatments for the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF).  

NHS leaders are calling on the Royal College of Nursing to ensure that exemptions for emergency and critical care are included in the next round of strikes.

Patients who have cobalt-containing hip replacements may be at increased risk of heart disease, according to new research by the University of Strathclyde.

Heart failure treatment has evolved in recent years. Dr Yassir Javaid reviews new treatments and looks at how we can improve heart failure outcomes for older patients.

A new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease is able to safely and successfully lower levels of tau – a protein predominantly found in brain cells that is thought to be a cause of the disease.

NHS England’s Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remission Programme, which includes the 'soup and shakes' diet, is to be rolled out across the whole of England.

The shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, has recently announced Labour’s plans to reform the NHS, which include treating more patients in the community and freeing up GP time.