HPV vaccine could prevent over 100,000 cancers

Estimates suggest that the HPV vaccine programme will lead to the prevention of over 64,000 cervical cancers and nearly 50,000 non-cervical cancers by 2058. From...

Northern Care Alliance tops England research table

More patients than ever before have taken part in research at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group (NCA) to improve NHS care and treatment. Nearly...

Sitting down less is the key to stronger bones, Manchester research shows

Older people who keep regularly moving are more likely to have better bone health than those who carry out just one bout of high-intensity...

Construction work has begun on the first helipad of its kind in central Manchester

Construction work on the new state-of-the-art, £3.9million helipad at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) has begun and is set to benefit four major...

Shame and social stigma ‘putting cancer patients at risk’

Thousands of people with cancer in the North West may be too ashamed to seek help with life-changing side effects that are considered taboo...

Government to introduce ‘Natasha’s Law’

A new law will require food businesses to include full ingredients labelling on pre-packaged foods, Environment Secretary Michael Gove will announce today in a...

Britain’s breast implant scandal

Channel 4's Dispatches investigates the true impact of breast implants, whether some women’s implants are making them ill, and reveals that over 250 women...

A nation of medicine hoarders

New research today from Co-op Health reveals that we are a nation of healthcare hoarders, with over a third of Brits (33%) admitting they...

Join Prostate Cancer UK in saying: ‘Men, we are with you’ and sign up...

Men, we are with you.’ This is the message from leading men’s health charity, Prostate Cancer UK, as their March for Men fundraising event returns to...

£4.5m announced for head and neck and proton beam therapy cancer research at The...

Patients with cancers of the mouth and throat are set to benefit from an announcement today that £4.5m has been donated to The Christie...