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.
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.
NHS tackles problem gambling amid growing demand
By Liz Wells 27 December 2024
The NHS in England is facing an 'uphill battle' with demand for gambling addiction help more than doubling since last year.
Streeting urged to make alcohol harm a top priority
By Lee Peart 19 December 2024
Public health groups have called on secretary of state for health and social care, Wes Streeting, to make addressing alcohol harm a top priority in 2025.
Welsh firm developing rapid diagnostic test for prostate cancer
By Liz Wells 19 December 2024
Valley Diagnostics, based in Cardiff, is developing a test that could detect prostate cancer more quickly and with greater accuracy.
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