Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email NHS England chiefs have demanded ‘urgent action’ from hospitals warning over patient deaths after staff uptake of flu jabs has halvedContinue Reading
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Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email High street optometrists are set to gain expanded powers to treat common and emergency eye conditions under new government proposals. TheContinue Reading
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email People with a rare and incurable form of blood cancer are living almost twice as long on average compared to 20Continue Reading
Physical education has many academic benefits. Drazen Zigic/ Shutterstock There were 45,000 fewer hours of physical education (PE) delivered in UK schools during the last academic year compared to 15 years ago. This is concerning, given how important PE and physical activity are not only for children’s physical health, butContinue Reading
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Independent readers have rallied behind Bruce Willis’s wife Emma Heming Willis, after she faced online criticism for moving the actor intoContinue Reading
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Tens of thousands of lives could be at risk from cancer because patients live too far away from hospitals, a majorContinue Reading
shutterstock Vitalii Vodolazskyi/Shutterstock Rett syndrome is a rare neurological condition that disrupts physical and linguistic development, affecting around one in 10,000 women and even fewer men. For decades, researchers assumed that people with the condition, many of whom lose speech during early childhood, were confined to a limited range ofContinue Reading
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email People gain more weight on an ultra-processed diet than when eating a minimally processed diet, even when they eat the sameContinue Reading
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email A new three-minute “brainwave” test could detect Alzheimer’s years before diagnosis, according to a new study. Researchers at the University ofContinue Reading
