The NHS will invest up to £46 million to help tens of thousands of people living with diabetes to receive life-changing treatment. NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has pledged
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Most people living with dementia also have at least one other health condition, and health services need to adapt to optimise their health and quality of life, a new study
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Tens of thousands of cancer patients, including many who are terminally ill, will face further “hardship, stress and anxiety” if they are forced to transfer to Universal Credit (UC), a
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MPs have written to Northern Ireland’s health chief to express concerns that cancer services in the region are falling behind the rest of the UK. Members of the Northern Ireland
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GPs are being urged to “prescribe movement” to patients with some of the most common conditions. Those with cancer, depression, dementia and type 2 diabetes are among those who should
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More evidence has come to light about patients “reversing” their Type 2 diabetes by changing their diets. A new article details how three patients in Canada were able to stop
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A medicine which helps to improve the quality of life for patients with an aggressive form of leukaemia is one of four drugs approved for use by the NHS in
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An incurably-ill man has ended his life in a clinic in Switzerland, according to two campaign groups who supported his UK legal challenge. The 54 year-old man, who can only
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Theresa May told how her goddaughter died from cancer as she outlined plans to spare thousands of others the “pain of losing a loved one before their time”. The Prime
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Half of women will develop dementia, Parkinson’s disease or have a stroke in their lifetime, new research suggests. About a third of men aged 45 and one in two women
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