Australian Drug Breaks Down Stage 4 Cancer
An Australian drug that treats stage 4 cancer has been fast-tracked for approval in the US. The drug, called Venetoclax, is described as being ‘like taking panadol’ and attacks specific biological factors such as cell-structure mutations.
Professor John Seymour who...
Call For Volunteers!
Have you been affected by bowel cancer, either personally or through someone you know? If you have and would like to raise awareness of bowel cancer, the UK’s second biggest cancer killer, here’s your chance to do something about...
England’s Chief Nurse Urges People with Type 1 Diabetes to ‘Not Let it Define...
England’s Chief Nursing Officer has urged young people newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes to respect their condition and ‘not to let it define them’.
Jane Cummings was 19 when she was diagnosed with Type 1 and has needed to...
NHS LAUNCHES NATIONAL NURSES RECRUITMENT DRIVE IN LANDMARK 70TH YEAR
As the NHS launches the biggest recruitment drive in its 70 year history, new research has shown the special place that its staff hold in the nation’s heart.
· Nurses and doctors top a public poll as the most trusted...
Benefits of quitting smoking
By Sarah Stables
Stoptober is back this October encouraging people to take up the 28-day stop smoking challenge. If you are a smoker, this may be the perfect time to think about giving up.
Around 100,000 people die...
BAME Mental Health
Service Launches in Nottingham
A new support service has launched in Nottingham to promote mental health awareness and wellbeing among the city’s black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities.
The free service, called STEPS (Support Towards Empowering People Service), offers one-to-one...
Patients Turning To Private Treatment Instead of NHS
A report has revealed how a growing number of patients are paying for private treatment to beat rationing and delays for treatment imposed by the cash-strapped NHS.
The report details how many are increasingly paying up to £14,880 for operations such as...
Junior Doctor Crisis
Junior Doctors all over England have been on a number of strikes due to the dispute between the government and The British Medical Association (BMA).
The basic pay of Junior Doctors, under the terms of the new contract, will be...
Birmingham Desi Bar Helps Support Mental Health Issues
A pub chain is taking on a new scheme to help break down taboos about mental health in the South Asian community, say organisers.
The Mixy and Chill movement aims to ease access to support services and help start conversations...
Dr Phil Dyer on the health benefits of Vitamin D
Monthly Health with Heartlands HospitalThis month, HeartlandsHospital’s Dr Phil Dyer talks about the health benefits of vitamin D.
With the short days and long dark nights of winter, it’s easy at this time of year to dream of sunnier days...
