Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Patients who travel further to see their GP have better cancer survival rates, research finds.
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Older people are less likely to be referred for talking therapies for conditions such as anxiety and depression, study says.
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Child deaths globally due to diarrhoea have fallen by a third in 10 years, but mortality rates remain highest in some of the world’s poorest countries, r
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One in three patients with hypertension 'not taking their medication'
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Chemicals found in cigarette smoke damage foetal liver cells, a study has found.
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Babies born preterm are more likely to have heart failure during their childhood and adolescence, researchers say.
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Students who feel lonely are at greater risk of developing mental health problems, including anxiety and depression, study finds.
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The area of the body where fat is stord may predict cancer risk in older people, researchers say.
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Older people’s risk of developing dementia is reduced if they receive positive social support from their adult children, new research suggests.
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Patients with blood cancer needing end of life care are better off in a hospice than being cared for at home, a survey of US oncologists suggests.
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Research estimates future rates of cardiovascular disease, dementia and other diseases, and the functional disability they may cause
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Year-long courses of weight loss classes could help prevent hundreds of cases of disease, according to new research.
If fathers actively engage with their children and play with them in the first few months of life it has a positive impact on cognitive development, research shows.
Patients aged 65 or over treated by older doctors in US hospitals were slightly more likely to die than those treated by younger doctors, except when high volumes of patients were being treated, a study has found.
Violence, aggression and use of restraint could be reduced by equipping nursing staff with body-worn cameras, according to a study at a psychiatric unit.
New research suggests that drinking more than three cups of Italian-style espresso coffee every day could halve the risk of prostate cancer in men.
Combining aerobic and resistance exercise significantly boosts brain health in the over 50s, a study has found.
A new blood test could show if men with advanced prostate cancer will respond to new, targeted treatments.
