Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email A minister has refused to say whether UK funding for the global HIV response will be protected when the government announcesContinue 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 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
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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 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
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 patients will be able to check whether they are at risk of developing cancer as the NHSContinue 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 woman who desperately wanted “designer vagina” surgery at the age of 14 wants to ban the practice after she wasContinue 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 chiropodist who removed part of a prisoner’s toe without their consent has been struck off. Lady Deborah Knight Griffiths, whoContinue Reading
insta_photos/Shutterstock You will likely have heard of probiotics. These are live microorganisms that, when consumed in sufficient amounts, can benefit health. They occur naturally in foods such as yoghurt, kefir, kimchi and sauerkraut and are also sold as supplements. You may also know that for these probiotics to thrive, theyContinue Reading
