Thousands of lives could be saved each year with improvements to care for people with less survivable cancers, a group of charities has said. The Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce warned
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Seventeen organisations have come together in a call for the Scottish Government to increase mental health funding. Bipolar Scotland, the Royal College of GPs, Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH),
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People who live in poorer neighbourhoods in England have a significantly higher risk of dying from cancer compared to those in wealthier areas, a new study shows. Researchers suggested that
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Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease accounted for more than one in 10 deaths in the UK last year, according to analysis by a charity aiming to find a cure for the
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A call is being made for new, better and different ways to ensure that dementia cases do not go undiagnosed as a report says that 36% of sufferers in England
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Care and outcomes for people with learning disabilities are still often below acceptable standards compared with the general population, a report into avoidable deaths has concluded. The proportion of such
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Autistic people might not have as reduced a life expectancy as previously thought, a new study has suggested. But the gap for those diagnosed with autism was still “significant” and
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The long-term use of medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) could increase the risk of heart diseases, a study has suggested. Swedish researchers linked exposure to the likes of
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A severely disabled eight-year-old boy is to get a £7.5 million payout after his parents settled a damages claim, a judge has heard. Lawyers representing the boy, who has spinal
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The mother of a disabled teenager has launched a fundraiser to help families who have children with life-shortening conditions with their energy bills, a year after Kate Winslet donated £17,000
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