In a study carried out by the European Food Information Council (EUFIC) it suggests that despite the widely available advice on nutrition in the UK most Britons do not eat a sufficient amount of fruit and vegetables in their daily diet.
The EUFIC analysis placed the UK at position 14 out of [...]
An independent review carried out by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death has revealed that there appears to be inadequate treatment being offered to four in every 10 patients.
There were nearly 20,000 patients involved in the review which covered 300 hospitals from England, Northern Ireland and Wales. Of [...]
A report by Cancer Research and published in the British Journal of Cancer has revealed that 40 per cent of the cancers diagnosed yearly in the UK are caused by a persons lifestyle choice and could possibly be prevented.
The main causes of the cancers included smoking, eating the wrong type of [...]
There has been great concern shown by liver specialists as figures released confirmed that in the last eight years alcoholic liver disease admissions into hospitals in the north-east of England have risen by over 400 per cent. The specialists said that this situation could only be described as “epidemic” when [...]
A study published in the British Medical Journal has said that eating more whole grains and cereals could help to reduce the risk of people developing colorectal cancer.
Data collected in the study by researchers from the Imperial College London established that the risk of bowl cancer developing was reduced by 10 [...]
The Lancet has published the findings of a study that suggests people that have a high risk of contracting bowl cancer could be helped by receiving aspirin on a daily basis.
The study followed a group of 681 people that were classed as being at-risk and found that 63 per cent of the group saw [...]
A study that has been published in the British Journal of Cancer has suggested that the risk of ovarian cancer could be reduced by almost half for those women that are taking the Pill.
Data compiled in the study would seem to add more weight to research that has been done previously that suggested that [...]
Some of the countries leading surgeons have said that delays in treatment and poor after care could be putting the lives of thousands of non-cardiac surgery patients in the NHS at risk.
Concern was being shown by the Royal College of Surgeons that some patients suffering from abdominal emergencies were not being [...]
Research carried out by the Autonomous University of Barcelona has shown that primary pupils that do not get at least nine hours sleep of a night could have their learning core skills seriously affected resulting in an impaired ability of their learning capacity.
The study involved 142 Spanish pupils in the six [...]
In England last year only 30 per cent of nursing staff in hospitals decided to get the flu jab according to figures that have been released by the Department of Health despite this being a “professional duty” according to nursing and midwifery groups.
The figures showed that the flu vaccination was taken up by 38 [...]
