6 h. ago Study highlights concerning new link between obesity and Alzheimer's as experts urge for regular blood testing to track development of the disease

Being obese could increase the rate at which you will develop Alzheimer's , new research today suggested.

Events

34 h. ago Urgent appeal to save life of girl, 13, diagnosed days after birthday

Millie was sent for blood tests by her GP after complaining of headaches, bruising and fainting

Politics

34 h. ago You may be able to save life of girl, 13, diagnosed with rare disorder

Millie was sent for blood tests by her GP after complaining of headaches, bruising and fainting

Science

42 h. ago Testing at A&Es part of plan to end new HIV cases in England by 2030

Labour announces prevention programme as well as efforts to re-engage people who have fallen out of medical careEnding new HIV transmissions in England by 2030 is within reach thanks to an action plan that will include routine testing at A&Es, the government has said.The HIV action plan, to be unveiled on World Aids Day on Monday, aims to re-engage the thousands of people who have left HIV care, bringing them back to lifesaving treatment. The £170m package also includes funding for opt-out HIV testing at A&Es during routine blood tests in areas with the highest rates, including London and Manchester. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Prostate cancer screening: Everything you need to know about PSA test and who can get it

Mass population testing for prostate cancer will not see men proactively invited for the PSA blood test - here is all you need to know about who can get checked

Politics

4 d. ago Prostate cancer expert explains how one wrong PSA test can harm a man’s life

Professor Freddie Hamdy - who advised the Government not to offer more men the PSA blood test - explains why very slow growing tumours should be left well alone

Science

5 d. ago What we know about the ‘exciting’ blood test that could detect 50 cancers

Researchers say the Galleri blood test could one day make routine screening far more effective

Events

5 d. ago ‘Stay tuned’: new Anne Rice film could foretell release of unpublished work by late author

Documentary series of Interview with the Vampire writer available to stream with potential for further releasesThe worst heartbreak and most riveting triumph of Anne Rice’s life happened in relatively quick succession, each beginning when the US novelist’s daughter – Michele, then about three – told her she was too tired to play.Rice had never heard such a comment from a child that age, and subsequent blood tests ordered by a doctor revealed that her beloved “Mouse” had acute granulocytic leukemia, considered untreatable for her. Continue reading...

Culture

6 d. ago Updated plans for Carluke farm development get the green light

At this week’s planning committee meeting, members approved revised proposals for the farm site between Crossford and Braidwood, but conditions have been put in place to keep the wider development on track.

Politics

7 d. ago Study highlights the simple dinnertime swap that can slash the risk of developing gallbladder cancer... but it's not good news for red meat lovers

Replacing just one portion of red meat for beans or pulses a week could help ward off potentially deadly gallbladder cancer , a new study has suggested.

Events

8 d. ago London GP explains which major condition isn't detected by routine blood tests

London GP explains which major condition isn't detected by routine blood tests  My London

Events

8 d. ago 'I'm a doctor and patients should know which conditions blood tests don't find'

GP Dr Leen Tannous has shared a video on TikTok busting common myths about what routine blood tests can and cannot detect, including cancer. Users had a range of views in the comments

Science

8 d. ago 'I'm a doctor and patients need to know blood tests don't detect this condition'

'One of the biggest misconceptions I see as a GP is the belief that if something serious - especially cancer - was going on, it would automatically show up on a routine blood test'

Science

1 week ago Scientists inch closer to pinprick blood test to detect diseases 10 years before symptoms appear

Findings could help develop early treatment strategies for range of diseases

Events

1 week ago Pinprick blood test could detect disease 10 years before symptoms appear, study finds

Molecular profiles will give detailed snapshot of person’s physiology and predict diseases from diabetes to cancer and dementiaThe world’s largest study into key substances in the bloodstream has paved the way for a swathe of pinprick tests that can detect early signs of disease more than a decade before symptoms appear, researchers say.Work on the tests follows the completion of a project by the UK Biobank to measure the levels of nearly 250 different proteins, sugars, fats and other compounds in blood collected from half a million volunteers. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Men with prostate cancer to be offered video calls with consultants and DIY home blood tests in major shakeup of NHS care

The Government's Men's Health Strategy will detail measures aimed at slashing avoidable deaths from the disease when it is published this week.

Events

2 w. ago 'Rapid heart attack test' to stop patients waiting up to two hours for care

A blood test should be able to tell if a patient’s chest pains are actually a heart attack in a matter of minutes

Events

2 w. ago Homelessness is increasingly hard to ignore – unless you are the Labour party | Simon Jenkins

The government is focused on building new homes for floating voters, while landlordism is discouraged and homes stand empty As opera-goers trooped into the London Coliseum this week, three helpless drunks were camping on the adjacent front steps. One was struggling to stop another pulling down his trousers – or possibly helping him. In Chandos Place around the corner, half a dozen more were bedding down out of the rain. Over the road, staff at the hallowed St Martin-in-the-Fields homeless charity were under siege.There is only one housing crisis. It is not the lack of somewhere nice to live. It is the lack of somewhere to sleep. Rough sleeping is vagrancy, and illegal in England and Wales under the Vagrancy Act. It means the police can “move you on”. The government promised to “develop a new cross-government strategy” to “put Britain back on track to ending homelessness” in its election manifesto, so next spring it is scrapping the 19th-century act. Rough sleeping will be decriminal...

Society

2 w. ago Serbia secretly agreed deal with Jared Kushner firm to develop protected Belgrade site

Government established joint venture with Trump’s son-in-law in February 2024 to build hotel, apartments and museum complexThe Serbian government has established a joint venture with a property development company owned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to develop a hotel complex in Belgrade, giving Serbia until next May to demolish the existing buildings, according to leaked documents.An independent Serbian news magazine, Radar, published what appears to be a 2024 investment agreement giving Kushner’s firm Atlantic Incubation Partners LLC a 77.5% stake in the joint venture, and the Serbian government a 22.5% stake. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago Men facing ‘1 in 8’ risk of cancer with no UK screening programme

Men over the age of 50 have been urged to get a free blood test

Events