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 The number of patients in hospitals in England with norovirus has reached a new high for this winter, NHS figures show.Continue 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 Surgeons can safely perform two common operations from distances of up to 1,700 miles, a new study has found. This remarkableContinue 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 Complicated and conflicting nutrition advice is “overwhelming” consumers who are trying to make healthy choices, according to a new survey. AContinue Reading
Miridda/Shutterstock For some women, pregnancy is a time of profound loss. Not all pregnancies progress as expected. One serious complication is ectopic pregnancy, a condition in which a fertilised egg implants somewhere other than the uterus. The uterus is the only organ designed to stretch, supply blood and safely supportContinue 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 Nearly half of federal health surveillance databases either stopped or delayed routine updates last year, with potentially dire consequences to publicContinue Reading
Okrasiuk/Shutterstock New data has revealed something the UK has never seen before: clear evidence that sexual minority people die earlier, and at higher rates, than their straight or heterosexual peers. For the first time, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published overall mortality rates by sexual orientation in EnglandContinue 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 NHS England is set to significantly enhance its bowel cancer screening programme, aiming to detect thousands more cases at an earlier,Continue 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 NHS England is set to significantly enhance its bowel cancer screening programme, aiming to detect thousands more cases at an earlier,Continue 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 Mandatory ID checks are set to be introduced in sunbed shops across the UK, as part of a government crackdown aimedContinue Reading
