Minimum pricing policy has cut spending on alcohol in Scotland

The introduction of minimum unit pricing in Scotland appears to have been successful in reducing the amount of alcohol purchased and, by inference, consumption...

New Survey Exposes Sauces and Marinades can have up to ten times as much...

A NEW nationwide product survey by Action on Salthas exposed the unnecessary levels of salt present in many table sauces, Asian sauces and marinades. The expert...

Labour pledges to introduce menopause leave for women

Dawn Butler MP, Labour’s Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary, will use a speech at Labour Party conference today to announce that the next Labour...

New animations created to help adults care for children who hear voices

New animations have been created to provide important information for parents, teachers and healthcare professionals on their vital first response if a young person...

Diabetes shrinks heart’s chambers

Diabetes causes subtle structural changes to the heart, according to new British Heart Foundation-funded research. One of the earliest signs of heart disease in...

Robbie the robot’ helps to reduce hospital admissions in Rochdale

A new virtual consultation system, piloted for use by the Bury and Rochdale Care Organisation, dubbed ‘Robbie the robot’, is helping residents in a...

Prototyped in Manchester, nationwide launch of resources intended to protect schoolchildren from Sepsis

UK Sepsis Trust (UKST) and Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation (IFCF) have turned to This Morning’s Dr Ranj Singh and film actor Warwick Davis to help launch...

Routes to school should be free of junk food outlets

A new report from the Royal Society of Public Health outlines a raft of measures aimed at overhauling the after-school street environment for children...

UK improves cancer survival, but is still behind other high-income countries

Cancer survival in the UK has improved since 1995, although it still lags behind other high-income countries, according to new analysis by the International...

New breakthrough in detecting Prostate cancer

A new and simple blood test has been found to efficiently and accurately detect the presence of aggressive prostate cancer, according to research by...