Eating dark chocolate may positively affect mood and relieve depressive symptoms
A new University College London led study looking at whether different types of chocolate are associated with mood disorders was the first to examine the...
Mission is on to get Greater Manchester moving
A major campaign is launching in Greater Manchester to get people thinking differently about getting active, and help the 6-in-10 children and more than...
Higher air pollution days trigger cardiac arrests and hospitalisations
Hundreds of children and adults are suffering out-of-hospital cardiac arrests or being sent to hospital for strokes or severe asthma attacks on days when...
A quarter of cancer patients experience avoidable delay to diagnosis
One in four cancer patients experienced a delay to their diagnosis that could have been avoided, according to a new study by Cancer Research...
Racial disparities in drug prescriptions for dementia
Disparities in drug prescribing suggest that black and Asian people with dementia are not receiving the same quality of care as their white peers,...
Free school meals lead to a fall in childhood obesity
Two leading economists at the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essexhave tracked the impact of the Government’s Universal Infant...
Lives at risk due to 50% drop in heart attack A&E attendances
People suffering heart attacks during the coronavirus outbreak may be putting their lives at risk by delaying seeking medical help, according to the British...
Sewage monitoring could provide an early warning of COVID-19 outbreaks
Wastewater in sewage systems could provide a quicker and earlier indication of the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Scientists at Newcastle University, UK, and the University...
Over 25% of the UK likely to have had COVID-19 already say Manchester researchers
A team of researchers from The University of Manchester, Salford Royal and Res Consortium, have shown that a significant proportion of people in the UK-...
‘Bake a Boob’: Corrie star Victoria Ekanoye launches baking competition with a twist in...
A charity bake-a-thon has launched with the backing of a singer, actress, and star of the Coronation Street cobbles - but with an eye-catching...