Cancer patient Tony praises The Christie’s blood testing service in Altrincham
Cancer patients from the Altrincham area who are being treated at The Christie are being urged to use a local blood testing service in...
Citizens Advice ‘hotlines’ have been brought into city’s GP surgeries
Dedicated phone lines that put patients straight through to a CitizensAdvice worker are now available in almost half of Manchester’s GP surgeries.
The move –...
Study highlights failure to recognise risks of epilepsy drug in pregnancy
Doctors are often failing to inform patients about the risk of birth defects to their unborn babies of a commonly used drug to treat...
COVID-19 vaccines have prevented 7.2 million infections and 27,000 deaths
Latest modelling analysis from Public Health England (PHE) and the University of Cambridge’s MRC Biostatistics Unit suggests that the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination programme has...
Malaria and dengue predicted to affect billions more people if global warming continues uncurbed
An estimated 8.4 billion people could be at risk from malaria and dengue by the end of the century if emissions keep rising at...
Fast-food menus can be rearranged to encourage healthier choices, Manchester research shows
Menu layouts can encourage consumers to make healthier drinks choices in restaurants, new research suggests.
A study, by Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of...
Businesses latch on to breastfeeding friendly mark
Coronation Street actress and restaurant owner Jennie McAlpine welcomed a group of breastfeeding mums to her city centre restaurant Annies for the launch of...
Concerning drop in the number of people with mental health problems seeking help revealed
During April 2020, while the UK was in full lockdown, there was a drop of more than a third in the number of people...
Severely frail individuals with COVID-19 are three times more likely to die, study finds
New research has revealed for the first time the extent to which frailty increases the risk of mortality in COVID-19 patients.
The clinical observational study, involving...
Surgeons appeal to Boris not to soften lockdown criteria – “Thousands of lives will...
The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS) is calling on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to stand up for the health service that saved...