Health

Of the 50,000 women and 400 men diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the UK, an unknown number will go on to develop secondary breast cancer – cancer that has spread beyond the breast or armpit to other parts ...

Few people who find themselves having an MRI scan like to complain: after all, if you’re having an MRI scan, it’s probably saving your life – or at least helping you to improve the quality of your life. However, some ...

Dr Mark Porter, Chair of the British Medical Association (BMA), has warned that the NHS is struggling to cope with heavy financial pressure, mostly imposed by government policy, and with the aftermath of the Mid-Staffs scandal. Although much of the ...

Along with the New Year comes an announcement that Cosmopolitan Body, Cosmopolitan’s health and fitness spin-off magazine, has been researching what scares people about the gym. You might think the scariest thing about the gym is the cost, or the ...

Beckton- based Richard House Children’s Hospice has won a gold medal at the London Garden Society awards for the second year running. The repeat victory came in the “small garden” category.   Richard House supports children and young adults who ...

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According to the World Health Organisation: “The 9 deaths [in Western Europe] and thousands of measles-associated hospitalisations in 2011 are a reminder that measles is a serious disease that may cause death in all age groups, even in countries with ...

An investigation by ASDA Money, the wing of the ASDA supermarket which offers financial services, has found that travellers both underinsure themselves and underestimate the costs of falling ill while overseas. Parents taking their families to European destinations often relied ...

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned the public that services are under great strain because cuts in Government funding have led to 10,000 staff being made redundant over the last three years. The figures for redundancies were released ...

A BMA report revealing the most recent response from the study group reveals a worrying list of concerns: