HEALTH

While the government's wage increase was accepted earlier this year, NHS employees have planned to intensify the strike actions across the UK.

The pace of decline in smoking rates was previously at 5.2 per cent in the pre-pandemic years but became 0.3 per cent between April 2020 and August 2022.

'Hey Girls' is a menstrual health brand that sets out to provide women with safe and sustainable sanitary products while eradicating period poverty across the UK.

In a recent report, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) sounded the alarm about the potential surge of up to 10,000 additional deaths annually in the UK by the 2050s.

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued a strong call to action, urging eligible individuals, especially those from ethnic minority groups, to book their flu and COVID-19 vaccines.

The African-led trial was initiated in December 2020 but came to an early halt last month. Its conclusive findings are to be released in 2024.

Fertility experts are calling on vitro fertilisation (IVF) patients to consider donating their unused embryos after a shortage in donations in 15 years.

The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced plans for strikes, scheduling walkouts before Christmas and in early January, lasting several days each.

Japan has the world's longest life expectancy due to a significant decrease in mortality from a number of diseases.

Public health experts stress that the potential closure of hospitals due to extreme weather events goes beyond immediate health concerns.

The health authorities are investigating how the person in question came to be infected with the virus.

As per the study, a 50-minute video conference session leads to increased brain activity, which serves as a sign of fatigue and reduced attention.

According to the UK Sepsis Trust, 48,000 people die from sepsis every year in the UK.

Sunak is scrapping free NHS prescriptions that have been a vital lifeline for individuals with chronic conditions, low-income families, and the elderly.

A Save the Children report reveals that before Oct 7, more than half of Gaza's children had suicidal thoughts and three in five of the children were already engaging in self-harm.

The MHRA has approved Casgevy gene therapy for sickle cell anaemia and β-thalassemia treatment, making the UK the first country to approve a gene editing tool as a treatment procedure after considerable success in trials.

Loneliness may put us at a higher risk of developing anxiety, dementia and depression amongst others.

In the past year. AI has been responsible for some prominent breakthroughs in diagnosis and treatment, and in the UK, AI is already being used in the NHS to halve treatment times for stroke patients.

When it comes to food, the modern individual has the ability to be more aware of what they are putting in their body than ever before. Despite this, it is still difficult to get everything right all of the time. For starters, the vocabulary surrounding the food market in the modern age is so convoluted with buzz words that it is sometimes hard to make sense of everything and not get misled by advertising.

NHS England will announce on Wednesday an allocation of £800 million to assist health service trusts in addressing the financial challenges brought about by industrial action and preparing for the upcoming winter season.

A collaborative report shows that TikTok's 'For You' page posed a potential threat to young people as it amplified depressive and suicidal content.

A new preventative breast cancer drug has been licensed and approved. It will soon be distributed to those at a higher risk of the disease on the NHS.

Entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of DECIEM, The Ordinary, Niod and other skincare brands, Nicola Kilner, speaks of her co-founder Brandon Trauxe's struggle with substance abuse.

Similar surgeries have been unsuccessful in the past because the human body rapidly rejects animal organs.

The piece explores seven stress tests designed to help individuals gauge their stress levels effectively.

A reported £21 million is being allocated to 64 NHS trusts across England to deploy cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) tools in hospitals.

The statement from the former prime minister came during a meeting with then-chancellor Rishi Sunak in March 2020.

Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, has one of the highest rates of cervical cancer in the world, which is responsible for the deaths of thousands of Nigerian women each year.

The virus was detected in a bird called brown skua on Bird Island in South Georgia.