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Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health, has requested a review to analyse the advantages of an Ofsted-style rating system being implemented for hospitals and care homes. The purpose of the review is to investigate how a new ratings system ...
According to Canadian research published in a BioMed Central journal, the number of hours children between the ages of two and four watch television every week are linked to the size of their waistlines. The study of 1,314 children ...
Foreign visitors to the UK are due to be offered free HIV treatment from National Health Services (NHS). This is the first time the treatment has ever been offered for free and comes as ministers back calls for non-British ...
Just four days after having an emergency heart operation, Prince Philip was released from hospital and returned home on Tuesday. The Duke of Edinburgh, 90, greeted camera crews and reporters with a wave as he was taken to the ...
Here's an extremely rare medical condition that's not openly heard about - Hair Brushing Syndrome. Combing hair is a daily routine for most teens, but not for 13-year-old Megan Stewart. This Scottish schoolgirl has been warned that she ...
A father dying from heart failure has been able to go home after getting an artificial heart. Matthew Green, 40, had his heart replaced with an artificial implant by surgeons at Papworth Hospital, which will sustain him while he ...
Police are now investigating the deaths of 2 patients at Stepping Hill Hospital in Greater Manchester. These deaths are only the most recent 2, bringing the total number of possible victims to 5. Detectives were examining the deaths ...
The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) was pledged $4.3 billion on Monday by international donors to buy vaccines for children in poor nations. The alliance says the funding will allow over 250 million of the poorest kids ...
After a 45-year-old who was diagnosed with AIDS in 1995 had a blood stem cell transplant in February 2007, he has had no sign of the disease in blood and tissue tests. This has made Timothy Ray Brown, from ...
The UK government has ordered an urgent review of the inhumane abuse of adults with learning disabilities at the Winterbourne View Hospital. The issue came to light after an undercover reporter filmed the abuse during a 5-week stretch in ...
