Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Sleep disorders should be considered a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, along with smoking, lack of exercise and poor diet, su
Aerobic exercise can reduce the severity of symptoms and improve quality of life in patients with moderate to severe asthma, suggests
People newly diagnosed with coronary artery disease may be more likely to change their lifestyles if shown images of their own calcif
A therapeutic play intervention could reduce perioperative anxiety and postoperative pain in children undergoing elective surgery, su
Teenage boys who spend a large amount of their leisure time using computers or watching TV have poorer bone health than peers who lim
Arthroscopic surgery for knee pain in middle-aged or older patients has an ‘inconsequential’ benefit, according to a review of the ev
Review finds interventions may reduce risk of high blood pressure
The authors of a qualitative study of people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) say there is a ‘clear need’ to establish proper
Cancer has narrowly overtaken cardiovascular disease (CVD) as the UK’s top killer.
Insomnia and a tendency to catastrophise amplifies the experience of pain in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA), suggests a study i
Military nurses returning from deployment overseas may go through a grieving process and experience ordinary life as ‘trivial’, sugge
People who are bullied in their early teens may be more likely to be depressed by the time they are 18, suggests a large UK study.
An extensive study of elite athletes has found a surprisingly high prevalence of cardiovascular abnormalities.
Overweight and obese teens may have double the risk of developing colorectal cancer in middle-age compared with normal weight peers.
Large unexplained variations in paracetamol-induced acute liver failure that leads to liver transplant (ALFT) exist in Europe, with a 200-fold difference between the country with the highest rate, Ireland, and the country with the lowest rate, Italy.
A genetically engineered herpes virus has halted the progression of advanced melanoma.
Almost nine out of ten men with advanced prostate cancer carry genetic mutations in their tumours that could be targeted by either existing or new cancer drugs, according to a study that scientists hope will make possible a new era of personalised cance
New evidence appears to confirm the link between newer contraceptive pills and higher risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE).
