NHS to hand puberty blockers to children as young as 11 years old despite ‘biological harm’ warning

The NHS will begin recruiting children as young as 11 for its puberty blocker trial from…

Doctor names symptoms missed by half of patients

Deep vein thrombosis often masquerades as everyday ailments, leading many Britons to dismiss potentially life-threatening warning…

‘I’m a doctor – swap these six foods in your diet if you want to double your weight loss’

Ultra-processed products now make up more than half the average diet in countries like the UK,…

NHS fined £300,000 after chemo patient’s death traced to contaminated water

The NHS has been fined £300,000 after the death of a chemotherapy patient was traced to…

Pandemic odds top 25% as UKHSA flags respiratory infections as biggest threat

The UK Health Security Agency has published its inaugural Health Security Risk Assessment, warning that respiratory…

NHS nearly spent £70 on taxi to deliver 50p pill to England’s former deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam

The NHS offered to deliver a single 50p pill via taxi service in what critics have…

Bran flakes to be classed as ‘junk food’ in ‘counter-intuitive’ Labour health reforms

Fibre-rich bran flakes fortified with essential vitamins could be classed as junk food under Labour’s proposed…

The prostate cancer warning sign men are missing in the night, according to a urologist

Approximately one in eight men across the United Kingdom receives a prostate cancer diagnosis each year,…

One million young Britons to be offered menB jab after multiple outbreaks of ‘horrendous’ disease

One million young Britons to bare to be offered the meningitis B vaccine after multiple outbreaks…

NHS A&E patients forced to check in online as receptionists are replaced under new plans

NHS England is pushing hospitals to implement tablet-based self-service kiosks in A&E departments amid new plans…