Health

They work better than patches, gum or pills, the most up-to-date evidence suggests. Read More

Nearly 4 million women in England can order a self-testing kits to check for high-risk HPV. Read More

Nearly 600 practices in England have withdrawn from NHS dentistry over the last 10 years, as the service heads towards a two-tier system. Read More

A Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has published a report with concerns vaping is a gateway to smoking Read More

Young carers face huge disadvantages growing up – one teenager explains what life is like. Read More

Hundreds of thousands of people with type 2 diabetes could get access to a new weekly insulin jab to replace daily injections. Read More

A new jab extended the length of time patients were cancer free, but it is unclear for how long. Read More

Hundreds have fallen ill with salmonella infections in an outbreak linked to imported eggs. Read More

Children’s lung capacity caught up with their peers in less polluted areas once a clean air zone came in, a study shows. Read More

Most of the cases were in England in recent weeks, linked to eating imported eggs, experts believe. Read More