5 February 2020 World Parts of NHS ‘Seriously Financially Unstable’, Audit Finds The UK's publicly funded health care system is building up levels of debt that they are unlikely to repay, the country's auditors said.
14 January 2020 World UK Air Pollution To Kill 160,000 By Heart Attack, Stroke In Decade This is equivalent to over 40 deaths from heart and circulatory disease related to air pollution every day, the British Heart Foundation warns.
31 December 2019 World NHS Overburdened With Cancer Care, Charity Says NHS is missing key targets for cancer care.
27 December 2019 World NHS Offering Cancer Patients Gym Before Chemotherapy A patient who did the “prehab” programme was out of hospital within nine days, after he was told he’d be hospitalised for up to four weeks.
18 December 2019 Malaysia Malaysian Doctor Invents UK’s First Disposable Sterile Hijab Farah Roslan, who trained at UK's Royal Derby Hospital, looked for ideas from Malaysia.
25 October 2019 World People With Long-term Health Problems, Arthritis Sufferers May Experience More Pain On Humid Days Chances of experiencing pain can increase by 20% on damp and windy days.
18 October 2019 World Over 50,000 Britons Switch Yearly From Smoking To Vaping, Study Shows The study indicated that an increase in vaping correlated with a decrease in smoking in the UK since 2011.
30 September 2019 World Gender Bias In Heart Attack Care Killing Women Report suggests gender inequalities in diagnosis, treatment and aftercare.
9 September 2019 World New HIV Cases In UK Now Lowest Since 2000 New data suggests 28% fall in new diagnoses from 2015 to 2018.
20 August 2019 World Adding Vitamin D To Flour Could Help Combat Nutrition Deficiency A cost-effective measure which could save hundreds of millions yearly.