Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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The serious impact of medication errors on nursing home residents is ‘surprisingly low’, despite these errors being common, say Australian researchers.
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A single bout of sleep apnoea is enough to impact the body's ability to regulate blood pressure, suggest researchers in Canada.
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Enhanced services provided by GP surgeries are just as effective as specialist services at keeping people with type 2 diabetes out of hospital, say researchers in Leicester.
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Smokers under the age of 50 are more than eight times as likely as non-smokers to have a heart attack, say researchers in Sheffield.
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A blood test could predict how well patients with small-cell lung cancer will respond to treatment, say researchers from the University of Manchester.
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A ‘sponge on a string’ pill test can identify people with Barrett’s oesophagus who are at low risk of developing oesophageal cancer, say University of Cambridge researchers.&nbs
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Combining omega-3 supplements with a resistance exercise training programme can improve muscle function in older women, say researchers from the Universities of Glasgow and Aber
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Childhood cancer adversely affects parents’ income and employment years after the child’s diagnosis, say researchers from Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet.
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People who needlessly worry that they have, or will develop, serious illness could be boosting their risk of heart disease, a new study suggests
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Physiotherapy is no more effective than basic self-management for patients with simple ankle sprains, new study results suggest.
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Lonely people have an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease because they have high levels of the protein amyloid in the brain, suggest researchers in the US.
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Around 1 in 6 women diagnosed with breast cancer go to their doctor with a symptom other than a lump, say researchers from University College London
Substantial weight gain over many years significantly increases the risk of obesity-related cancers, say researchers from the University of Manchester and The Health eResearch Centre.
Babies whose parents feel uncomfortable in social situations are less interested in other people, new research suggests.
Policies should be treated with caution because the consequences can be life threatening for patients, say researchers.
The purpose of hip replacement surgery has been called into question, after researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) found that patients’ physical activity does not increase following a total hip replacement.
The use of benzodiazepines and related drugs increases the risk of hip fracture by 43% in people with Alzheimer’s disease, say researchers from the University of Eastern Finland.
Researchers from King’s College London have called for a greater focus on the mental health of teenagers and young people with chronic liver conditions, after a study found they have an increased risk of anxiety and depression
