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People concerned about potential cancer symptoms should come forward for life-saving checks, the new head of the NHS England has urged.

The latest NHS figures show that a record-breaking 5.45 million patients are waiting for hospital treatment in England, the highest number seen since records began in 2007.

The global eradication of Covid-19 is more feasible than polio, but less so than smallpox, public health experts have said - but such success requires a high vaccine uptake and a swift response to new variants.

Researchers at the University of Cambridge are trialling an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that could be used to diagnose dementia after a single brain scan.

The British Medical Association (BMA) are urging the public to be kind after a survey has revealed worrying levels of abuse against doctors and colleagues.

There has been a growing interest in genealogy over the last few years. This exploding interest has in part been fuelled by the supportive and growing technological support provided by computer software and hardware as well as the incredible contribution made by the Internet.

The concept of 'herd immunity', or population immunity, has been ferociously debated since the Covid-19 pandemic began last year. While some believe it is the most effective way to achieve mass protection from the virus, others think it to be an "unscientific" and "unethical" experiment.

Current guideline-directed therapies for cardiovascular disease are based on data that predominantly include male patients, according to new report.

The term SWEDD was first introduced to describe patients who had been entered into therapeutic trials on the basis that they were thought to have Parkinson's disease by their clinicians, but were found to have normal presynaptic nigrostriatal dopaminergic imaging.

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout earlier this year, mandatory jabs have become a hotly contested topic.

Only a quarter (26%) of areas in the UK have an effective pathway in place for the early detection of liver disease, according to new research by the British Liver Trust.

A study recently published by The BMJ has found that worsening physical function from the age of 65 is linked to an increased risk of death, with signs of decline emerging up to 10 years earlier.

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) have launched an action plan for recovery to tackle the challenges facing general practice, which they say is now at "breaking point".

Over a third of adults in midlife are already suffering from multiple long-term physical and mental health problems such as recurrent back problems, high blood pressure, diabetes, and high-risk drinking, according to UCL researchers.

The greatest risk from long-term overexposure to sunlight is thought to be skin cancer. Given the higher incidence in older patients, it is critical that this demographic is fully informed about the signs and symptoms that possibly indicate malignant changes.