A single abdominal CT scan can deliver a blast of radiation equal to 90 chest X-rays. I did not know that when I had one ...

In the 24 years since 9/11, Diane Keating has never given an interview. Why now? “People and families need to know they are still looking,” she told Spectrum News. Nearly a quarter of a century on, ...

“It has lots of potential causes, but the main one is smoking. It can also have some genetic causes and is linked to pollution, obesity, asbestos exposure and certain work-based chemicals.” Lung ...

COPS have been called to nearly 300 sex attacks at Scots NHS sites in the last five years, shocking figures have revealed.

An innovative NHS pilot scheme suggests that utilising MRI scanners during off-peak evening hours could significantly reduce ...

SUNBEDS should be banned to cut Britain’s skin cancer rate, say doctors. Experts have warned for years that tanning salons pose an unnecessary tumour risk. Writing in the British Medical Journal ...

We need zinc to function from toe to tip - but does it really stave off coughs and colds, and are supplements enough?

Scientists believe the research paves the way for people who currently rely on donor eggs and sperm to have their own genetic ...

Birmingham researchers explored whether long-read whole-genome sequencing could be used to analyse DNA chemistry in urine ...

The UK's new digital ID card scheme, announced by Keir Starmer on September 26, has two big questions swirling around it. Is ...

Getting the basics right” in digital is key to success, says the CDIO of Northumbria Healthcare, England's top-ranked large ...

Findings of the Cancer Research UK-funded TORPEdO trial presented at the American Society of Radiation Oncology Annual Meeting. Results show that proton beam therapy delivers similar results to ...