Stop the clocks: Brisk walking may slow biological ageing process, study shows

A new study of genetic data published of more than 400,000 UK adults has revealed a clear link between walking pace and a genetic...

Pregnant women urged to come forward for COVID-19 vaccination

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has urged pregnant women to come forward for vaccination. Figures published show that 34 women have died in the...

New report recognises pressure on police forces as they deal with mental health problems

A report released today has found that police forces are increasingly used as the default service to respond to people with mental health problems. The...

Charity plans to install dispensing machine for homeless in Manchester

A charity plans to install a machine in Manchester in January for Homeless People to use. Action Hunger based in Nottingham say that homeless people will be given...

Around 31,000 heart and circulatory deaths attributed to excess weight and obesity every year

Heart and circulatory deaths attributed to excess weight and obesity total around 31,000 every year in the UK, British Heart Foundation analysis reveals. This is...

More than one million fewer cigarettes could be smoked in the North West every...

WHEN Damian Fish was just seven-years-old he wrote to Prime Minister Ted Heath asking for smoking to be banned. Damian, who lives in Up...

NHS world first rollout of cancer jab that cuts treatment time by up to...

Drug treatment times for some NHS cancer patients will be slashed by up to three quarters, thanks to an anti-cancer injection that takes as...

Oxford Vaccine shows strong immune response in older people as cases rise 11% in...

The Coronavirus vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca Plc AZN.L and Oxford University produced a strong immune response in older adults. Results punished this morning in the...

The North and the Midlands endure biggest public health cuts in England

New analysis published today by IPPR and IPPR North reveals how cuts to public health budgets have disproportionately hit the Midlands and North of...

Record numbers of people waiting to start hospital treatment in England

The number of people in England waiting to start hospital treatment has risen to a new record high. 4.59 million people were waiting to start...