Ginger and acupressure ‘options for morning sickness’
Taking ginger or using acupressure on the wrist may help some women with mild morning…
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Up to half of UK people living in pain
Around 28m people in the UK are living in chronic pain from conditions such as…
Endless winter in NHS ‘puts patients at risk’
The NHS is stuck in an “endless winter” with hospitals left in chaos struggling to…
Sickle cell disease: Nurses need better training, says health union
Image captionRed blood cells with sickle cell disease contain an abnormal form of haemoglobin -…
Pioneering cancer drug combination approved
A pioneering pair of cancer drugs that unleash the immune system on tumours will…
Yellow fever vaccine: UN backs lower doses amid shortage
UN health experts have recommended cutting the standard dose of yellow fever vaccine by 80%…
Exercise four hours after learning ‘boosts memory’
Intensive physical exercise four hours after learning is the key to remembering information learnt, say…
MS: New therapy but a dilemma for patients
There has been a widespread welcome for news that a new therapy involving stem cell…
Rise in type-2 diabetes in children ‘deeply worrying’
The UK is seeing a small but “extremely worrying” rise in the number of children…
Half of organ transplants from deemed consent after new law
More than half of organs transplanted since a new system came into effect were from…
Prostate laser therapy recommended to NHS
Some 13,000 men in England could benefit from a laser treatment to manage symptoms from…
Obesity boom ‘fuelling rise in malnutrition’
Malnutrition is sweeping the world, fuelled by obesity as well as starvation, new research has…
Scottish NHS to extend IVF treatment
Access to fertility treatment will be widened in Scotland to make it the “fairest and…
Women over 50 ‘putting off cervical screening test’
One in three women over 50 has delayed or not attended their cervical screening test,…
Locum GP rates ‘linked to deprivation’, British Medical Association warns
7 hours ago Patients in the most deprived areas of England face poorer levels of…