Food insecurity leads to unhealthy eating and obesity
A fifth of UK households are struggling to get access to good quality food at reasonable prices, a report by MPs says, causing them...
Smartphones could transform patient care, Manchester study finds
Remote monitoring using smartphone apps could transform the medical care of patients with long-term health conditions, according to new research led by University of...
Your high street iced coffee contains more sugar than your daily allowance
Iced coffee blends from high street coffee chains contain shocking amounts of sugar, with many ‘regular-sized’ or medium drinks easily exceeding the maximum recommended...
Patients and staff become faces of The Christie
The Christie charity is launching a major new advertising campaign featuring the stories of people whose lives have been touched by Manchester’s internationally acclaimed...
Stark warning from scientists that 250,000 might die without stringent measures
Around 250,000 people will die in Britain as a result of the coronavirus outbreak unless more draconian measures are adopted to protect the population,...
COVID tooth extraction backlog: Fears for kids’ teeth as hospital procedures plummet during pandemic
The number of teeth extractions – which have to take place in a hospital under general anaesthetic - due to decay carried out has...
New figures show larger proportion of strokes in the middle aged
In England, one in six people will have a stroke in their lifetime, and new statistics released by Public Health England show that 57,000 people...
New NIHR funded palliative care research partnership across the North West
A new partnership has been launched to support and encourage palliative care research in the North West.
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) have...
Coronavirus: as a health economist, I’m not convinced the case for mass testing stacks...
In 1974, a classic book, Who Shall Live?, was published. Written by Victor Fuchs, a Stanford University professor, it marked the birth of health...
World-first genetic test for babies’ hearing wins major award
team who led the research for a world-first genetic test that could save the hearing of hundreds of babies each year, has won the...