NHS expands lifesaving bowel cancer screening programme

By Lee Peart 14 January 2025

A lifesaving screening programme for bowel cancer is being expanded by the NHS.

One in two consumers believe health will improve in next five years

By Lee Peart 13 January 2025

One in two consumers (52%) believe their health will improve the next five years, according to a global survey.

Lung cancer biomarker testing trial sees drop in deaths

By Liz Wells 10 January 2025

Biomarker testing in individuals at risk of lung cancer led to a major reduction in deaths, new research reveals.

Consultant rheumatologist receives prestigious NIHR professorship

By Lee Peart 09 January 2025

Professor Laura Coates, an honorary consultant rheumatologist at Oxford University Hospitals, has become the first rheumatologist to be awarded a prestigious Research Professorship from the Nationa...

AI model can predict high blood pressure and related complications from ECGs

By Liz Wells 09 January 2025

An AI model can be used to predict both the risk of high blood pressure and which patients may go on to experience complications from high blood pressure using an ECG, new research reveals.

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Blood pressure checks offered at dentists and opticians

By Lee Peart 08 January 2025

Blood pressure checks are available at dentists and opticians in Lincolnshire as part of a national NHS pilot.

Bowel cancer risk could be reduced with an extra glass of milk

By Liz Wells 08 January 2025

Consuming an additional 300mg of calcium - about the amount in a large glass of milk - a day could decrease the risk of bowel cancer by 17%, new research reveals.

Smartwatch technology helps people quit smoking

By Liz Wells 02 January 2025

Smartwatches could help people give up smoking, new research reveals.

Early cancer diagnosis in England reaches highest ever level

By Liz Wells 02 January 2025

The proportion of patients being diagnosed with cancer at an early stage in England has risen to its highest ever level, new data reveals.

Record numbers complete NHS Couch to 5K app

By Liz Wells 31 December 2024

Record numbers of people numbers complete NHS Couch to 5K app in 2024, new data reveals.