Manchester scientists pave way for greener cancer treatments with new enzyme discovery

Scientists from The University of Manchester have uncovered a more efficient and sustainable way to make peptide-based medicines, showing promising effectiveness in combating cancers. Peptides...

Streeting hits the ground running with junior doctors

The new Secretary of State for Health has hit the ground running hours after starting his new job Wes Streeting said that he has spoken...

Children who spend more time in natural environments have significantly better mental health

Children who spend more time in natural environments have significantly better mental health, according to new research The innovative new study, which used GPS and...

Only one third of shifts in hospitals are adequately covered by nurses

Only a third of hospital shifts have enough nurses allocated on the wards according to the Royal College of Nursing Their analysis of a survey...

NHS faces fresh strike disruption amid heat health warnings

The NHS will face major disruption this week as junior doctors launch five days of industrial action, with services already under increasing pressure, England’s...

Altrincham mum welcomes £4m funding into children’s brain tumour research to help others like...

Altrincham mum Jessica Tait, whose seven-year-old son was diagnosed with a brain tumour when he couldn’t stop vomiting – is backing a multi-million-pound...

Stockport man living with long-covid praises Greater Manchester service

A Stockport man living with long-covid has been given the tools to cope and hope for a better future by an NHS mental health...

Study links risk of Parkinson’s to people with anxiety

The risk of developing Parkinson’s is at least twice as high in people with anxiety compared to those without, finds a new study The research,...

One in three fast food meals in Great Britain contain more than double the...

One in three meals bought from fast food outlets contain 1300 kcal or more – more than double the calories recommended for a meal,...

Cancer Research UK National Biomarker Centre opens in Manchester

The Cancer Research UK National Biomarker Centre has opened in Manchester in the new Paterson Building, which was rebuilt following a devastating fire in 2017,...