Region to benefit from cash boost to improve housing support for drug and alcohol...

Manchester and Wigan are among 28 local authorities across England whi will receive funds to help people in drug and alcohol treatment Up to £53...

Peanut allergy could plummet if given to babies after four months say scientists

Peanut allergy could plummet by 77 percent if peanut products were added to all babies’ diets at four to six months of age, according...

Number of young people smoking in North West falls to record low

A new survey has found that the number of young people in the North West of England who smoke is down to 6% -...

Record levels of gonorrhoea and syphilis diagnoses in 2022

New data from the UK Health Security Agency published today shows record levels of gonorrhoea and syphilis diagnoses in 2022. The latest data shows: that...

Fundamental reform of NHS dentistry needed to end a ‘crisis of access’ say MP’s

Urgent and fundamental reform of NHS dentistry is needed if people are to receive the dental care they are entitled to say MPs in...

New model predicts ten year breast cancer risk

A team of researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a new model that reliably predicts a woman's likelihood of developing and then...

Manchester Scientists awarded £250K to investigate how to stop a more aggressive form of...

The charity has awarded £249,992 to Dr Sankari Nagarajan and her team at the University of Manchester to help discover why some triple negative...

Junior Doctors in England to strike accusing Government of failing to make credible offer

Junior Doctors in England have announced new strike action in the days leading up to Xmas and in the first week of the New...

Non-cigarette tobacco smoking soared over last decade

There are around five times more people smoking non-cigarette tobacco in England now than there were a decade ago, according to a new study The...

First ever life-saving treatment for rare heart condition available on the NHS

NHS patients with a life-threatening heart condition are set to benefit from a cutting-edge new medicine which can significantly reduce the risk of hospitalisation...