Six breast cancer drugs are to be made unavailable to NHS patients – sparking furious condemnation from campaigners, patients and doctors. Thousands of women in advanced stages of the disease are set to be denied...
An apple a day may keep the doctor away…. but it’s a daily avocado we need to lower bad cholesterol, a study shows. The so-called avocado diet was also found to improve other blood fat...
Most major daily newspapers today are running headlines regarding Britain’s Accident and Emergency units going into meltdown yesterday as medics struggled to cope with a huge surge in patients. Waiting times grew to 12 hours...
More than 6,000 private patients were sent back to the NHS last year, shock figures revealed on Sunday. And more than one in three needed emergency treatment. The 6,067 total – the highest since 2008...
A MOTORCYCLIST who lost part of his leg in a horror road crash is set to have it rebuilt by surgeons in a British first – thanks to a donor’s bones. Stu Jotham, 29, was...
The first breakthrough drug for pancreatic cancer in 20 years will not be routinely available on the NHS. Hundreds of patients with advanced disease will be denied Abraxane, which extends life by two months when...
Patients falsely claiming free prescriptions are fleecing the NHS out of more than £200million a year, figures reveal. Officials are concerned people are routinely walking into high street chemists pretending to be unemployed or suffering...
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