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Vaping best way to quit smoking, new study finds

Thu, 08/27/2026 - 10:00
A team looked at 80 major trials involving nearly 30,000 people and found that nicotine vapes were more effective than traditional aids, increasing the success rate by about 60 percent.

PMOS clinics 'good start, but more can be done'

Thu, 08/27/2026 - 05:26
Jersey's government launches a three-month trial clinic to help women with the ovarian syndrome.

Treatment involving patient's family cuts mental health hospital admissions, study finds

Wed, 08/26/2026 - 23:07
The approach focuses on the patient priorities, seeing the same clinicians, and involving people close to them.

World's first patient to undergo live AI-assisted brain surgery has tumour removed

Wed, 08/26/2026 - 23:07
Without brain surgery guided by live AI assistance, Rhys Hibbert could have lost his sight to a tumour.

HPV home-testing kits now available in England

Wed, 08/26/2026 - 10:46
Over the next year, nearly four million will receive invites on the NHS App or via text message, email or letter to order a free kit to use at home.

HPV home-testing kits now available in England

Wed, 08/26/2026 - 10:46
Over the next year, nearly four million will receive invites on the NHS App or via text message, email or letter to order a free kit to use at home.

Man completes half marathon after two heart attacks

Wed, 08/26/2026 - 08:23
Peter Franklin was fighting for his life in hospital after suffering a heart attack 24 hours after arriving in the Caribbean for his honeymoon

Mum's perforated bowel ordeal after scan error

Wed, 08/26/2026 - 05:24
Mum developed sepsis after scan error and now calls for better postnatal care for women.

Heavy periods study to create world's largest biobank

Wed, 08/26/2026 - 05:12
It will the create world's largest menstrual fluid biobank to improve treatment of heavy periods.

NHS failing child sex abuse victims in adulthood, say psychiatrists

Wed, 08/26/2026 - 04:07
There have been decades of mistreatment and mismanagement of those who seek help later in life, say experts in a new, damning report.

Nicotine vapes best chance to quit smoking, major review finds

Tue, 08/25/2026 - 23:40
They work better than patches, gum or pills, the most up-to-date evidence suggests.

How to spot a liar

Tue, 08/25/2026 - 16:32
Doctors and identical twins Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore the ideas shaping our health and wellbeing.

Home-testing kits now available for women in England who have missed cervical screening

Mon, 08/24/2026 - 23:27
Nearly 4 million women in England can order a self-testing kits to check for high-risk HPV.

Home-testing kits now available for women in England who have missed cervical screening

Mon, 08/24/2026 - 23:27
Nearly 4 million women in England can order a self-testing kits to check for high-risk HPV.

Is school to blame for mum's asbestos death?

Mon, 08/24/2026 - 21:28
Caroline Bryan died three months after being diagnosed of an incurable cancer linked to asbestos.

Using football to talk about mental health

Mon, 08/24/2026 - 15:03
The ​Mersey Mind Project is open to men of all fitness levels and abilities

'Doctors said I was 'too young' to have endometriosis'

Mon, 08/24/2026 - 10:04
Grace is just 14, but has to spend days in hospital each month due to her endometriosis.

'Doctors said I was 'too young' to have endometriosis'

Mon, 08/24/2026 - 10:04
Grace is just 14, but has to spend days in hospital each month due to her endometriosis.

Mum wants people to know 'there is hope after pregnancy loss'

Mon, 08/24/2026 - 05:18
Hayley Metcalfe, 37, suffered the loss of two babies at 17 and 19 weeks into the pregnancies.

Doctors said I was too young to have endometriosis at 13 - I had to take morphine to cope

Sun, 08/23/2026 - 23:14
Grace, 14, feels doctors were dismissive of her pain. She wants others to know the symptoms.

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