13 h. ago First NHS liver cancer patient receives pioneering ultrasound treatment

The new treatment works to destroy liver cancer without the need for chemotherapy or radiation

Science

6 d. ago Sound waves could treat cancer and Alzheimer’s. A biomedical engineer explains how

More patients may soon benefit from recent advances in sound wave technology

Science

7 d. ago NHS aspirin ‘liver and brain damage’ alert for children with rare condition

NHS guidance has a strict warning considering giving their children aspirin as a painkiller

Events

1 week ago A cancer patient had to spend the night in a 'cupboard' at Welsh hospital

The mother of the patient claimed scenes at the hospital were like 'something from the Gaza Strip'

Science

2 w. ago Woman with cancer died after wrong patient given CT scan in NHS 'blunder'

A scanning error at the NHS Scarborough Hospital led to the delayed cancer diagnosis of Pamela Honeybone, who later died, after another woman called Pamela's results were attributed to her

Science

3 w. ago MSP joins Asda Motherwell staff to launch annual Wear It Pink campaign

The Wear It Pink campaign encourages individuals and businesses to come together to raise funds for breast cancer charities, supporting vital research, patient care, and education.

Politics

3 w. ago 'Bleeding rectum' patient's complaint over 'failings' in cancer diagnosis is upheld by Ombudsman

The Health and Social Care Partnership has issued an apology in the wake of the case.

Science

3 w. ago ‘I became more and more tired – and then was diagnosed with a rare disease and liver failure’

With transplant waiting lists hitting record highs, 29-year-old Katie Howard faces years of putting her life on hold

Events

3 w. ago Bungling cancer surgeons remove wrong kidney... leaving man, 77, with single, diseased organ

French surgeons wrongly removed a healthy kidney from a cancer patient, leaving the elderly man with just one of the blood cleaning organs-which is diseased.

Science