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Post-menopausal woman who drank two extra alcoholic drinks a day over a five-year period increased their risk of breast cancer, but r

01 Jun 2016

The NHS has been urged to increase the numbers of patients receiving weight loss surgery to 50,000 a year, closer to the European ave

01 Jun 2016

A new study has found no evidence of a link between anti-nausea drug Zofran, also known as ondansetron, to an increased risk of havin

01 Jun 2016

The use of hip fracture surgery varies widely across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with men and people with high levels of soc

01 Jun 2016

Giving radiotherapy during surgery to early-stage breast cancer patients could save millions of travel miles and carbon dioxide emiss

01 Jun 2016

E-cigarettes have the potential to help radically reduce the incidence of death and disability due to tobacco use, a new study says.

25 May 2016

Patients who have rosacea are at increased risk of developing dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s disease.

25 May 2016

Medical error is the third biggest cause of death in the United States, only exceeded by heart disease and cancer.

25 May 2016

There is evidence that yoga could improve the symptoms of asthma and boost quality of life, but the effects on lung function and medi

25 May 2016

Long-term memory issues after having chemotherapy could be prevented by cognitive behavioural therapy delivered via video conferencin

25 May 2016

Hip replacements carried out in the last decade have a greater risk of failure, a study found.

18 May 2016

Improving access to primary care will reduce paediatric visits to emergency departments; that is the widely-held view of parents stud

18 May 2016

A gut hormone has been found to restore normal blood glucose levels in people with type 2 diabetes after bariatric surgery.

18 May 2016

A protein called IL-33 could hold the key to reversing memory decline in people with Alzheimer’s disease.

18 May 2016

The humble aspirin – used regularly and long-term – has the potential to decrease the risk of developing bile duct cancer, new research has found.

18 May 2016

Cancer survivors in the United States experience financial burdens that affect their health and quality of life.

11 May 2016

Researchers have shed light on how cancer cells and normal cells communicate – work that could open paths to new treatment.

11 May 2016

Problems in the delivery room may leave clinicians feeling upset or experiencing secondary traumatic stress, an investigation has concluded.

11 May 2016

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