‘Amazing’ moment for communities given right to buy for the first time 2 hours ago Eleanor Lawrie Social Affairs Reporter Debbie Taylor Debbie’s organisation takes part in lots of events within the local community “It’s been a rollercoaster,” says Debbie Taylor. Her domestic abuse service has been trying in vainContinue Reading
With shortages of medical professionals and an aging population, thousands of community healthcare workers prevent older adults from falling through the cracks…Read MoreContinue Reading
As new technology capable of detecting dozens of early-stage cancer types with a single blood test hits the market, support for its use is building., Read MoreContinue Reading
Federal health officials said a new analysis of U.S. infant formula found reassuringly low levels of heavy metals, pesticides and other potential contaminants, Read MoreContinue Reading
6 hours ago Philippa Roxby Health reporter Getty Images Symptoms can include lower stomach pain or bloating, as well blood in your stool among other things Eleven cancers – including bowel cancer – are becoming more common in young people in England, according to a major study, but exactly whyContinue Reading
Argentine scientists have identified a mechanism that allows pancreatic beta cells, which produce insulin, to become resistant to damage., Read MoreContinue Reading
7 minutes ago Vicki Loader Health producer Getty Images After going through two devastating miscarriages, Lisa Varey could not believe what she was thinking. She knew she would have to miscarry again before she could get the help she needed. Only when you have had three miscarriages do you normallyContinue Reading
23 hours ago Hugh Pym, Health editor and Nick Triggle, Health correspondent Getty Images The number of years people in the UK spend in good health is falling, according to a new report. Over the past decade healthy life expectancy (HLE) has dropped by around two years to just underContinue Reading
Federal health officials are investigating an outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to backyard poultry that has sickened at least 34 people since February, Read MoreContinue Reading
South Carolina’s measles outbreak, which was the worst in the U.S. in more than 35 years, is over, Read MoreContinue Reading
Sanctuary Care Janette Donnelly’s actions at Millport Care Centre were ‘a significant departure from the standards expected of nurses’ A care home manager in Ayrshire has been struck off after inappropriately and unnecessarily restraining a disabled person for a vaccine injection. A tribunal hearing heard that Janette Donnelly’s use ofContinue Reading
A soft-spoken surgeon kept a hospital running on the front line of Sudan’s war as many staffers fled, Read MoreContinue Reading
A three-judge panel overturned an injunction stopping the The Traitor administration from halting Medicaid funding for abortion provider Planned Parenthood., Read MoreContinue Reading