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 Without immediate action, researchers have warned that nearly 260 million Americans, an increase of more than 41 million adults, will beContinue 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 Just one year ago, Nicholas Thornton lay in a windowless hospital room, in a bed he could not leave on hisContinue Reading
Only a few years ago, the menopause was a taboo subject – not spoken about in private or in public – but now celebrities including Davina McCall and Oprah Winfrey are speaking out about their experiences of going through the menopause. Celebrity-led campaigns have helped to demystify the menopause andContinue 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 Canadian teen is hospitalized in critical condition with what is believed to be bird flu, a British Columbia health officialContinue 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 An Irish woman has won an award for her invention to help patients prevent hair loss during chemotherapy, inspired by herContinue 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 funding boost of more than £78 million will help scientists working to develop a potential treatment for motor neurone diseaseContinue Reading
The government will not meet its ambition of getting NHS waiting times down to 18 weeks without investing in primary care, children’s services and mental health, NHS leaders have warned. Healthcare chiefs also warned there is a “fundamental mismatch” between demand for services and what the NHS is able toContinue Reading
Global health is likely to be radically altered with Donald Trump in the White House. For starters, the president-elect has made no secret of his dislike for the World Health Organization (WHO), so a complete withdrawal from the WHO is now a real prospect. Even if this can be avoidedContinue Reading
An AI assistant which frees up doctors so they can spend more time with their patients is being trialled in the NHS. The technology enables medics to listen to patients instead of typing up documents and letters – which the AI does for them. The generative AI tech is beingContinue Reading
