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First minister sets out his government’s agenda and defends policy described by industry groups as a ‘potty gimmick’John Swinney insisted on Tuesday he still planned to introduce a legally binding pri...
James Dyson says ‘complete dental system’ will also include toothpaste and mouth rinse that each cost £8.50It is the live stream you never wanted to see but may find impossible to resist: rolling foot...
Campaigners say some care boards in England flouting their legal duty, resulting in ‘cruel’ postcode lotterySeriously ill children are being denied the chance to die at home because the NHS in many pa...
The number of children as young as six going to A&E in a mental health crisis has risen sharply, new figures reveal.
Data paints sobering picture of 11- to 24-year-olds growing up in ‘bleak world’ shaped by pandemic and social mediaThe number of young people with no close friends has risen fivefold since 2014 as a r...
Technology trained on millions of routine ECGs could fast-track high-risk patients for treatmentDoctors have developed a “superhuman” AI tool that can spot heart disease in less than two seconds.The g...
Checks at pharmacies for people aged 40 to 84 are aimed at identifying those at risk of heart attack or strokeThe NHS in England is to offer free finger-p**** blood tests for cholesterol on the high s...
Leading cardiovascular health groups reclassify overlooked causes and introduce sex-specific diagnostic thresholdsDoctors have agreed the world’s first universal definition of a heart attack, paving t...
Experts say imported eggs served in cafes and restaurants may be behind hundreds of infections and one deathSalmonella cases in the UK are expected to rise until the common source is identified, somet...
Brazil has failed to prove compliance with EU rules on use of antibiotics in cattle and poultry farmingThe UK’s leading farming organisations and animal health experts have called for an urgent ban on...
The Strictly Come Dancing star appeared on the latest series of the Channel 4 challenge show.
Soaring demand for services has led to tenfold increase in spending in a year in some areas, says NHS AllianceNHS leaders have warned that the costs of meeting soaring demand for attention deficit hyp...
Costs are spiralling out of control as unregulated private providers capitalise on demand, say managers.
Experts say findings mean breast screenings for cancer could also flag cardiovascular problems in womenDoctors have discovered a way to use routine mammograms that screen for breast cancer to spot hea...
Findings from research into illnesses associated with bathing in lakes and rivers come amid boom in hobbyWild swimming has been linked to a higher risk of stomach bugs and skin rashes, according to th...
The approach focuses on the patient priorities, seeing the same clinicians, and involving people close to them.
More than 150 people have been killed after a massive flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border, as hundreds still missing.
The hospital tells the BBC the ward door was not locked but manned with security guards, to protect the babies.
Former Air France stewardess Sophie Lainault has had her cancer recognised as an occupational disease.
There have been decades of mistreatment and mismanagement of those who seek help later in life, say experts in a new, damning report.