Average car insurance premiums could increase by up to £75 a year as a result of a government ruling, industry experts have said. A new formula for calculating compensation payments for those who...
Vitamin D supplements could spare more than three million people from colds or flu in the UK each year, researchers claim. The sunshine vitamin is vital for healthy bones, but also has a role in the...
NHS hospitals in England will have a legal duty to charge overseas patients upfront for non-urgent care if they are not eligible for free treatment. From April this year, foreign patients could be...
Some patients waited more than a year to be discharged from hospital even though they were clinically ready to leave, figures have shown. A freedom of information request by the Scottish Liberal...
Virtual reality could be used to diagnose and treat visual vertigo, according to a team of Cardiff University psychologists. People with the condition suffer from dizziness and nausea and often cite...
Dr Alec High was overheard having sex in his office in the University of Leeds' Worsley Building A dentistry lecturer was overheard having sex in his office by a colleague who was trying to comfort a...
There aren’t many twentysomethings who would envy the sex lives of those over 50. But maybe they should. For like fine wines and whisky, sex only gets better with time, according to a study....
Middle-aged people in England face a health crisis because of unhealthy lifestyles, experts have warned. Desk jobs, fast food and the daily grind are taking their toll, says Public Health England....
Middle-aged people in England face a health crisis because of unhealthy lifestyles, experts have warned. Desk jobs, fast food and the daily grind are taking their toll, says Public Health England....
It appears that while many facets of George Michael's life were sensationalised and made public, he was very privately doing good deeds. As the world mourns the 53-year-old's death, which was...
Businesses and trade unions have called on Theresa May to guarantee immediately the right of EU citizens to stay in the UK after Brexit. The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), which represents...
Actavis UK has been accused of overcharging the NHS for a lifesaving drug by raising the price by more than 12,000%. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has accused Actavis UK of breaking...
Babies made from two women and one man have been approved by the UK’s fertility regulator. The historic and controversial move is to prevent children being born with deadly genetic diseases....
An Egyptian woman, believed to be the world’s heaviest woman at 500kg (1,102lb), will soon be flown to India for weight reduction surgery. Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, 36, will be flown on a chartered...
Mr. Mahama's National Democratic Congress (NDC) is fighting hard to remain in power against the rising momentum of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and a more relevant Progressive Peoples Party (PPP)....
The end of HIV “is in sight” in Western countries, but increased testing is vital, Sir Elton John has said. The music star said early testing could save “millions of pounds each year” for the...
Philip Hammond opens his first Autumn Statement by looking at the UK economic figures. The UK economy is "resilient" despite forecasts that government finances will be £122bn worse off than...
Black women in England are almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with advanced breast cancer as white women, according to a new analysis by Cancer Research UK and Public Health England. Late-stage...
Hollywood actor Ben Stiller has revealed he was diagnosed with prostate cancer but is now cancer-free. The star of Zoolander was diagnosed with a tumour in 2014. He says he now wants to share his...
Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have pledged $3bn (£2.3bn) to fund medical research over the next decade. At a press conference in San Francisco, they said their...
