Latest National News
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NHS e-record system goes live at last
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Call for tougher GP questioning on alcohol
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How exercise boosts health
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Free prescription plans 'on hold'
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Arizona man is first to take artificial heart home
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NHS 'reorganisation' is outlined
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Patients with 'natural tolerance' to organ donations could help identify others
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Deaths in England and Wales at lowest level since 1952
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Hospitals among UK's best, according to patient survey
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NHS explores paying people to become healthier
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Coalition sets out vision for NHS
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'Artificial life' breakthrough announced by scientists
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Dundee study finds heart drug used safely in the NHS
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Weight 'key' in kidney transplant success
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MND breakthrough 'could come without clones or human-animal hybrids'
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Common Diabetes Drug Linked to Vitamin B-12 Deficiency
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Urinary tract infections 'resistant to antibiotics'
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Smallpox demise linked to spread of HIV infection
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NHS 'weight loss surgery' to rise in Scotland
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Gold-standard review finds rotavirus vaccines are effective
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Statins 'reduce the risk of blood clots'
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Four-in-one pill boost for heart patients
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Meningitis C vaccine 'wears off in early teens'
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Breakthrough 'protects diabetics against side-effects of insulin'
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Breast cancer gene clue discovery
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Stem cells raise hope for treatment for multiple sclerosis patients
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New hope for HIV vaccine efforts
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Broccoli 'could aid breast cancer fight' – scientists
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Alzheimer’s risk is SIX times higher if your partner has it
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Opt-out organ donor system 'would increase transplants
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Screening test hope in painful bone disease
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Engineering safer repairs for brain blood vessels
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Robot arm used in heart surgery first in Leicester
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Parents sue over E.coli outbreak
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Personalised genetic medicine a step closer to reality
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NHS patients in richer areas get operations earlier
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Brain 'pacemaker' surgery hope
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Leukaemia cells 'killed quicker'
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Ward closures from norovirus increase
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Public to have say on organ donation incentives
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General Election 2010: union warns parties against NHS cuts
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NHS winning war against superbugs
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Blood pressure drugs 'could be used to help repair damaged kidneys'
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Crackdown on MOT-style body scans
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Thalidomide treats blood disorder
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Anti-psychotic drugs link to pneumonia warning
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NHS record praised on speed and access to care
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Scientists hail 'revolutionary' kidney gene find
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First aid 'could save thousands' - St John Ambulance
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Huge rise in MRSA linked with childhood antibiotics
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Hospital checklists for common conditions 'cut deaths'
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Mixed-sex wards scrapped by most trusts
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Contact lenses packed with vitamin E could help save the sight of millions of people with glaucoma
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Operation Dignity: From a top designer, the hospital gown that leaves you less exposed
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Departments pledge to cut costs by billions
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Cancer scans delayed in NHS funding crisis as doctors fear 'slash and burn' cuts
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Lung cancer gene found in non-smokers
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Brain stimulation a 'promising therapy' for epilepsy
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Competition to get school children involved in healthcare science
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Weight-loss drugs 'unlikely to be of long-term benefit'
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Hospitals urged to scrap ban on sitting on beds
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One in four NHS hospital trusts 'failing basic hygiene standards', watchdog finds
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Blood-thinning drug 'better than warfarin'
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You can now have your kidney removed in 45 minutes, leaving a one-inch scar
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Tongue device enables blinded soldier to 'see'
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Too many visit GPs with minor ailments, campaigners say
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Occasional high BP warning sign for stroke
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Campaign seeks to raise awareness of Alzheimer's symptoms
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Betrayal of 20,000 cancer patients: Rationing body rejects ten drugs (allowed in Europe) that could have extended lives
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Common painkillers affect hearing
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Coffee cuts diabetes risk
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Calls to halt England NHS patient database development
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Healthy people should not take aspirin to ward off heart attack research shows
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More help for adults with autism
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Back-pain help for workers urged
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Pain 'should be viewed as a disease in its own right'
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Medicines shortage: ministers hold summit
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Leg pain and cold extremities 'red flags for meningitis'
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NHS urged to buy Fairtrade and ethically sourced kit
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Specialist nurse role 'critical to care'
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Stafford Hospital scandal families 'to sue NHS managers for corporate manslaughter'
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Common painkillers 'increase risk of hearing loss'
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Back pain 'eased by group therapy sessions'
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Stemming arm blood protects heart during attack
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Scientists find why tamoxifen fails some breast cancers
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Liver disease rise 'due to drink'
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Breast cancer victims face NHS ageism, campaigners claim
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Call for more NHS mental health care for prisoners
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Media is fuelling eating disorders, say psychiatrists
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Patients with rheumatoid arthritis suffer needlessly due to delayed diagnosis: report
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US President Obama pushes to revive healthcare reform
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Obesity rise on death certificates, researchers say
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Mass screening could 'wipe Aids out in 40 years'
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Nap 'boosts' brain learning power
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Singing helps stroke victims to talk again
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Scientists raise fresh hopes for fridge-free vaccines
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Vscan handheld ultrasound scanner launched
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Cooking with gas raises risk of lung cancer
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Middle-aged targeted in Change4Life health campaign
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Cancer patients in UK have 40% less spent on medication
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£115m annual flu jab cost 'may be a waste of money'
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Key cancer gene 'link to poverty'
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DNA test for inherited diseases
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Walking and glucosamine supplements linked to osteoarthritis relief
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Genes behind stammering uncovered
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Brain blood vessels clue to MS
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Minimally invasive spine surgery may ease back pain
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Bacteria in ready-made salads
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Mosques play key role in raising awareness about hepatitis C
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Bowel cancer gene hotspots find will tailor treatment
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Pig lungs in human transplants move step closer
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Wales failing to support Alzheimer’s research
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Morbidly obese 'may have missing genes'
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New technique may reduce need for hip replacement after injury
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Fish oil supplements 'beat psychotic mental illness'
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Peers defeat move to delay free social care plan
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All hospital patients need a DVT check, say guidelines
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Diabetes sugar 'can go too low'
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Nice 'should allow a £2-a-day heart drug on the NHS which could help thousands'
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Simple blood test 'could cut the number of antibiotics given in hospitals'
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One in every five hospital patients battling diabetes
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Test 'predicts breast cancer resistance'
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MRSA superbug strain 'tracked' via genome
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Slow breathing may reduce chronic pain
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Cell 'surfing' aids virus spread
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NHS in England 'more efficient than rest of UK'
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Sleep Apnea May Complicate Diabetes Care
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Vitamin D supplements 'can reduce chance of a fall in the elderly'
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Child drug errors 'too frequent'
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Nano technology tackles heart disease
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Patients in England and Wales denied arthritis drug available in Scotland
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Cord blood stem cell transplant hopes lifted
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Adults with ADHD 'struggle to get treatment'
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NHS faces spate of vomiting bug norovirus cases
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Rising obesity prompts higher antibiotic doses call
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Hospital closures inevitable over next five years
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Poor ' more likely to have late cancer diagnosis'
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Rising birth rate is leading to a shortage of midwives, report warns
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Polar bear poo helps in superbug hunt
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Dementia care not made priority
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Morphine May Help Traumatic Stress
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Loss of Smell Could Be Early Sign of Alzheimer's
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MRSA 'spread by patients moving between hospitals'
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Coloured lasers may offer a way to treat epilepsy
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Smoking linked to low back pain
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Jump in non-emergency A&E attendances since GP out-of-hours opt-out
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Blood pressure drug offers fresh hope for dementia
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UK lacks world-class hospitals, says regulator
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Smokers may cut cancer risk by drinking green tea
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Too-dilute disinfectant boosts bacteria resistance
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GPs access to depression treatment 'is too narrow'
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Cancer drugs 'treat' aggressive childhood brain tumours
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NHS Direct has busiest Xmas ever
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The NHS in a period of tight funding
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'Shorter' people get more lung disease
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Mobile phone radiation 'protects' against Alzheimer's
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PM pledges cancer survivor support
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Women 'too busy' to go for cancer screenings
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Increased use of generic medicines planned to save cash
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Inappropriate tube feeding of patients 'widespread'
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Research finds no proof that a virus is the cause of ME
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GPs promised software to aid cancer diagnosis
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Scientists turn DNA detectives to track spread of hospital superbugs
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Human trials of artificial artery
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Operations stopped by norovirus
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Many ignorant on 'waist fat' risk
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Loneliness makes cancer 'more likely and deadly'
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Coffee could help cut prostate cancer risk, says study
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Simple test 'can spot premature birth false alarms'
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Huge public sector job cuts urged to ease debt
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GPC concern as patients snub swine flu vaccination campaign
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NHS IT programme to be scaled back in pre-Budget report
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Clot risk after surgery warning
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'Double trouble' antibiotic hope
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Shake-up for Sheffield medical care
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Hospital IT 'does not cut costs'
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NHS 'must get better at early cancer diagnosis'
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The NHS Benefits When Patients Use Their Medical Insurance
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NICE launches 'innovation pass' plan for rare disease drugs
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Multiple sclerosis 'blood blockage theory' tested
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Doctors 'need to speed up swine flu vaccinations'
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New swine flu cases fall by 13%
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Daily salt intake allowances 'were set too high'
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Gene offers bowel cancer 'shield'
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National organ shortage is leading to the use of more 'high risk' donors, say health chiefs
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Big jump recorded in 'excess' deaths last winter
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Organ transplants using 'risky donors' rising
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'Intense' child exercise studied
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Child fitness levels 'overestimated' by parents
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Genetic clue to glioma brain cancer growth
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Breast cancer study 'identifies tumour-causing enzyme'
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Liver cancer drug 'too expensive'
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Elderly people succumb to viruses 'because their immune systems work too hard'
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Government targets pressure doctors to admit patients
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Superbugs resistant to all drugs are rising experts warn
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Method ends need for transplants
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GPs braced to miss swine flu target
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Dementia patient care criticised
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Swine flu: 'previous infection could offer some immunity'
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Medical debut for smart band aid
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Mutant genes 'key to long life'
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How up to 80,000 people get cancer every year because they drink too much, eat too much, and don't exercise enough
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London medical records go online
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Obesity means pensioners less fit than their parents
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How a bar of dark chocolate a day could cut your stress levels
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Charity demands child sunbed ban
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Why is there an epidemic of short-sightedness?
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Nursing to become graduate entry
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Cancer protein 'can be disarmed'
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Cut duplication not services in the NHS
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Plans for 'right' to private care
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NHS aims to become 'web first'
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Health MoTs every five years on NHS as Government guarantees 18-week wait limit on treatment
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Millions could be given legal right to see an NHS dentist
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MRSA 'not the only threat to NHS'
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Patients forced to wait too long on the NHS 'to have the right to free private care'
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GPs 'must cut use of antibiotics'
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Teenage obesity link to future MS
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Monday 'most common for sickness'
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Too much time in the gym 'can reduce women's fertility'
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Early life stress 'changes' genes
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UK tops international list on healthcare
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Swine flu hits cancer screening
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Mental ill health 'costs business £28bn a year', says report
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Extra cleaner on hospital ward cuts MRSA
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Aspirin 'only for heart patients'
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Patients 'to get private care right'
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Millions with chronic illnesses 'should be checked for signs of depression'
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NHS facilities website launched
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'Aura' migraines a stroke risk
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Britain facing 'uncontrollable epidemic of heart disease'
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Doctor hours law harming patients
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Fears over low take-up of swine flu vaccine among health staff
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Patients urged to rate GPs online
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Parkinson's drug may help stroke patients relearn skills
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Physical problems 'often mental'
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Organs still short as donors rise
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NHS admin must be slashed by £1.5bn
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New hope for HealthSpace
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Med-style diet 'can battle blues'
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Educated women 'aid long life'
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Scientists find gene that stops some cancers in their tracks
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Tories seek NHS bureaucracy cut
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Patients warned over cancer delay
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Swine flu vaccinations to begin this month
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Half of babies 'will live to 100'
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Daily dose of vitamin D can cut falls in over 65s
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Regular exercise 'can cut chance of developing breast cancer'
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Dementia treatment 'morally wrong'
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Why over 55s are at serious risk of meningitis
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Breast cancer: hundreds dying after ignoring check-up call
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IVF clinics' success rates online
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Gaining weight in middle age cuts chances of healthy long life
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Children whose mothers work are 'less healthy'
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Mathematics to build cancer model
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Heart surgeon does pioneering op
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Recessions ‘could be good for your health’, researchers claim
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British pensioners 'living more healthy lifestyles'
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C. diff rise due to 'gene switch'
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Children are 'exercising less'
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UK swine flu vaccine 'approved'
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Anti-depressants pregnancy 'risk'
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Prostate screening under scrutiny
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Call to test pupils for swine flu
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Autism rates back MMR jab safety
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Smoking bans 'cut heart attacks'
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Melon enzyme reduces stress
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NHS anti-smoking service 'saves 70,000 lives'
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Dementia burden 'underestimated'
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Over-55s 'less aware on cancer'
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Unhealthy men could lose 10 years
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Binge drinking weakens immune system
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Rural GP surgeries face threat from plans to abolish practice boundaries, experts warn
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New drug 'can treat more cancers'
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Group exercise 'boosts happiness'
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Leading doctors defend the NHS
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Complication risk for older mums
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GP catchment areas to be ended
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'Gene cure' for colour blindness
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Over-55s fear dementia above cancer
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New antibiotics needed to prevent 'health crisis'
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Gene find 'may curb lung mucus'
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Using pesticides at work 'increases risk of Parkinson's three-fold'
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Bed bug infestations 'increasing'
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Low self-esteem leads to obesity
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Swine flu infects lungs 'deeper than seasonal flu'
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GP launches radio station to offer health advice
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Obama woos Congress on healthcare
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Many 'lacking first aid skills'
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Road noise link to blood pressure
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Flu warning after school break
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Swine flu vaccine 'works after just one dose'
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Women's 999 delay 'risks lives'
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Tall people lead 'better lives'
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How to handle stress at work
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Doctors want booze marketing ban
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Virus linked to prostate tumours
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Infections 'speed memory loss'
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Prevent Weight Regain With Exercise
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Labour 'will cut NHS and overseas aid spending'
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Relief from migraine misery
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How greens may protect the heart
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Over-the-counter painkillers 'can cause addiction within three days'
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Antibodies 'may aid HIV jab hunt'
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Skin patch could replace osteoporosis injections
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Large thighs 'may protect heart'
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NHS workforce cuts plan rejected
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Young cancer patients at risk of heart failure due to drugs
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Child obesity drug use 'soaring'
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New bone marrow treatment 'saves patients too ill for chemotherapy'
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MRSA screening programme to begin in Scotland
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Experts urge wider folic acid use
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New stem cell treatment 'being used by patients to avoid hip replacements'
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Warning for healthy aspirin users
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All doctors 'should ask about organ donation'
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English turn to booze on holiday
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Online psychotherapy on NHS urged
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Weight-loss surgery 'can halt diabetes'
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NHS Scotland hits waiting time target
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Low-carb diets 'damage arteries'
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Suncream could cause Alzheimer's
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Heart attack victims lack ongoing rehab
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Ovarian cancer 'is being missed'
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Tamoxifen link to second tumours
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Brain experts check suntan nanos
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Poor 'lacking lung cancer help'
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Conservative MPs support tax relief on private health insurance, poll shows
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Children more likely to develop diabetes in winter
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Going outside could help you lose weight
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Hospital superbug deaths fall for first time
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'Green' vaccines for vomiting bug
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Liver cases triple in 30 years as drinking and obesity rise sharply
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NHS told to help ill staff more
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Diabetes drug linked to heart failure
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Rapid test to diagnose common womb condition endometriosis
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UK must get more active
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One in seven cannot name cancer symptom, says Cancer Research
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NHS to get specialist cancer unit
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The stem cell stitches that aid recovery after surgery
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Blood pressure pill could help treat multiple sclerosis, claims scientist
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'Magnetic' stem cells for hearts
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Tories hit back in NHS attack row
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Warning over using contraceptive pill with higher clot risk
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Restrictions on access to health care are set to be eased for Britons living outside Europe
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Patients bring new drug-resistant superbug into UK after surgery abroad
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How Twitterers came to the defence of the NHS
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GPs to give fitness ‘prescriptions’
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'No shows' costs the NHS millions
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Weight loss operations 'rise by half'
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'Shock' over stroke death rates
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NHS hospitals rated like TripAdvisor on new website
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Healthy living 'cuts chronic disease by up to 80 per cent'
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Jab that can unblock fat-clogged arteries
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Tories unveil NHS database plans
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Brain radiotherapy affects mind
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Patients 'unclear' about side effects of drugs
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Men with angina 'at greater risk'
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Big drop in new swine flu cases
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NHS calls on retired staff to help win swine flu fight
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NHS staff face 'unsustainable pressure' as vacancies increase
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Beetroot juice boosts stamina, study suggests
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Press Complaints Commission to investigate Daily Mail over £380,000-a-year GP pay claims
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Eye drops 'may reverse glaucoma'
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Teens 'aware of cannabis impact'
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'Little help' for alcohol abusers
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Fatal illnesses could be misdiagnosed over telephone as swine flu, GPs warn
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Autism 'hits body language skill'
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Boredom 'fuels teen alcohol use'
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Study shows what triggers dementia
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Aspiring GPs from state schools face shrinking odds
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Flawed gene link to ovary cancer
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Scientists halt epilepsy in mice
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Crosswords 'can delay memory loss'
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Public unaware of link between weight and cancer
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Scientists find new strain of HIV
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Scientists discover genetic sign of ovarian cancer susceptibility
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Fears rise over side effects of Tamiflu as cases of adverse reactions double in a week
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Private patients in UK or from broad 'cannot have' organs from NHS patients
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Swine flu incidence 'is slowing'
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Right-to-die law to be clarified
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Heart surgery 'more successful'
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Confusion 'fuels alcohol misuse'
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Active five-year-olds are thinner when they grow up
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Smear tests prevent cervical cancer, but under 25s unlikely to benefit
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Mental health killings increase
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Sunbeds ranked alongside cigarettes as cancer risk
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Fewer 'planning to quit smoking'
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Half a pint of milk in childhood linked to lower stroke risk
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Number of NHS apprenticeships set to treble
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Divorce is bad for your health
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Poorest at risk of worst diabetes
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Heart risks 'missed in smokers'
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National Flu Service launched
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Calories in iced coffees increase risk of cancer, experts find
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'New way' to repair heart damage
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Healthy fat link to bowel disease
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Keeping older people fit and healthy
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Swine flu work absences 'triple in a week'
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Osteoarthritis A Major Consequence Of Obesity Epidemic, Claims Charity In New Report
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Stressed parents up asthma risk
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Swine flu: School closures declared 'unlikely'
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Swine flu: call helpline not GP says Government
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Swine flu: holidaymakers face travel ban
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Warning for small businesses
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Sat Nav Science Used In Joint Replacements
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Swine flu calls to GPs 'jump 50%'
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Killer parasites' genes decoded
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Overweight Britons believe weight has hindered success
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Public 'to get better access to cutting-edge medicines'
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'Better data needed' on swine flu
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Smoking may speed progress of multiple sclerosis
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'Care insurance' planned for old
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Problem drinking 'hits elderly'
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Regular exercise reduces impact of stroke
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Obesity health risk cause 'found'
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Pain in childbirth 'a good thing'
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Middle aged men at highest risk of diabetes
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Third of breast cancer 'harmless'
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Proof mounts on restricted diet
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Mole check offer sparks concern
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Tests raise life extension hopes
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'No proof' that muscle rubs work
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Laser 'cure' for blindness tested
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Concern over mental health training in public sector
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Migraine features among top 'sickie' excuses
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Call for tougher gene test rules
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Doctors: Government is wrong over cervical screening
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Coffee 'may reverse Alzheimer's'
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Majority 'do not exercise enough'
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Overweight to be paid to get slim
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Teenagers Show The Government How To Help Tackle Diabetes And Cancer
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Vitamin K 'protects against osteoporosis'
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Warning over fake Tamiflu sales
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How Do I Know If I Need Knee Replacement Surgery?
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Gene clues to schizophrenia risk
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Youngsters 'drinking dangerously’
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Lack of sleep 'hits women harder'
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Vegetarians 'avoid more cancers'
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Heatwave to go on until weekend
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Knee Replacement Considered a Good Value
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Swine flu parties 'a bad idea'
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Total knee replacement surgery can boost mobility in elderly
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Hospital counseling helps heart patients quit smoking
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Genetic cholesterol test warning
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Med diet linked to longer life
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Aneurysm screening study boost
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Salads 'rival Big Macs for fat'
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Many UK cancer deaths 'premature'
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Gastric bands and cancer rates
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Stranger kidney donations rising
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Obesity ops 'may cut cancer risk’
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Belly button surgery cuts scars
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Live surgery at hospital open day
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Cats and dogs 'giving MRSA to their owners'
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Bid to ban booze ads near schools
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First Twitter Cast of Live Knee Replacement from India
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Jane Fonda Recovering From Knee-Replacement Surgery
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NHS meets target to cut C. difficile infections two years ahead of schedule
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Painkiller ban 'has cut suicides'
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NHS deal 'failing' to cut costs
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£3bn cost of alcohol to NHS every year
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Fallopian tubes offer stem cell hope
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Hot air gowns help patient health
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'More than 22,000 admitted to hospital for dentistry'
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Call to ban child-in-car smoking
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Drug hope for rheumatoid arthritis sufferers
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Depression linked to increased Alzheimer's risk
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Chronic asthma study offers hope
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U.N. holds swine flu crisis talks
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Hay fever could affect seven in ten of us by 2060
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Anti-smoking measures boosted by £2.5m grant
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The simple test that can spot Alzheimer's in five minutes
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Blood clotting key discovered
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Swine flu outbreak at pandemic level, says world health chief
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Carers reaching 'breaking point'
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Key to blood clotting discovered
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Drug made from virus extends patients' lives
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Doctors worried about NHS jargon
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Female medics 'to outnumber male'
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Doctor concerns over standards of care 'ignored'
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New primary care approach boosts referrals to NHS stop smoking services by 49%
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Hybrid hearts could solve transplant shortage
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Resting a bad back will make it worse, warn scientists
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Doctors to trial hygiene checklist prior to surgery
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Cervical cancer 'surgery boost'
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UK transplants 'at record high'
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Swine flu pandemic 'in autumn'
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Routine aspirin benefits queried
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Simple £13 test 'could be used to diagnose patients with ME'
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Experts warn over measles outbreak
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Child diabetes cases 'to double'
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'Healthy lifestyles' wane in US
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Potential bidders circle as first NHS trust goes up for grabs
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NHS to give back pain acupuncture
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Cancer drug erases fingerprints
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Target met on hospital waiting times
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Gene links heart and gum disease
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Deadly skin cancer cases top 10,000 a year for the first time
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Vitamin D 'key to healthy brain
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Diabetes heart risk 'can be cut'
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A diagnosis of the NHS – by its patients
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Climate 'biggest health threat'
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The NHS may struggle to cope if there is a flu pandemic because of the number of staff who will fail to turn up for work, a report suggests
