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NHS England today (Saturday) joins forces with the nation’s top A&E doctors to urge those patients who can to avoid the post-Christmas and New Year rush to hospital. With the festive season in full swing, they...

A well-known ‘superbug’ which was thought to have been a static or non-motile organism has been observed showing signs of active motility by scientists at The Universities of Nottingham and Sheffield. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA,...

Cervical cancer symptoms are often misinterpreted as PMS or Ovulation pains. The biggest difficulty in cervical cancer is that it hardly shows any symptoms, not until it reaches an advanced stage, though it differs from woman...

1. Cayenne Pepper/Capsaicin (Chilli peppers): A promising spice with anti-cancer properties, an overdose of chilli peppers however should be restrained. Capsaicin induces the process of apoptosis that destroys potential cancer cells and reduces the size of...

More than 2,000 people at high at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes in Bradford have been given a helping hand to change their lifestyles in the first stages of a drive to improve health in...

A UK health charity has expressed deep concern following new data which reveals the alarming use of online self-diagnosis. The British Dental Health Foundation believes an over-reliance on websites, particularly online symptom checkers, could lead to...

UNISON has today warned of disruption to hospitals across Birmingham as staff employed to provide sterile serves to all the major trusts in the area take industrial action this Thursday (26th November 2015). Employees of BBraun...

With just four weeks to Christmas West Midlands residents are being invited to kick off the festivities early this year by holding a Quizmas Party to help support the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) life saving research....

The 2014-15 figures for reported physical assaults against NHS staff in England were released today, provided by all NHS trusts in England and collated by NHS Protect. There have been 67,864 reported physical assaults against NHS...

With mouth cancer now one of the top ten cancers in men, a leading health charity is asking you to go blue this Wednesday and help to save lives by raising awareness of mouth...