Health & Wellbeing

With the arrival of World Glaucoma Week (8-15 March 2015), Vision Express is highlighting the importance of having regular eye tests, as the only proven method to detect the sight-threatening condition.

A Leeds woman has celebrated her new life and nine-stone weight loss achievement after bariatric surgery by fulfilling a long-term ambition to perform a tandem skydive.

The biggest solar eclipse for 16 years will block out as much as 90% of the sunlight across parts of the UK later this month.

Asthma UK is warning people with asthma in the UK that they are now at increased risk of having a potentially life threatening asthma attack as early tree pollen begins to rise, causing  winter hay fever. 

In 2003, former England, Crystal Palace and Wolverhampton Wanderers footballer, Geoff Thomas, was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia and given less than three months to live - since then, he has worked tirelessly to raise money for treatment, research and awareness. But this year is different.

Lightpoint Medical, the UK start-up behind the first technology in the world to detect human cancers in real time using Cerenkov Luminescence Imaging* (CLI), is set to fast-track its move to market with the support of a further £1 million grant from SBRI, an NHS England funded initiative. 

On Sunday 1st March, Fixing Dad's Geoff Whitington and son Anthony will be answering any questions from patients and carers of the diabetes community from 7pm-8pm.

David Cameron has set out a new, long-term strategy focused on boosting research, improving care and raising public awareness about dementia.

A new medical device which combines nanotechnology with a pregnancy tester could help diagnose and treat the 1 million people in the UK who don’t know they have kidney disease, a new report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers reveals today.

The number of qualified nurses working in the Welsh NHS has broken through the 22,000 barrier for the first time, Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford announced.

Experts at World Innovation Summit for Health shared research, insights and innovations as 80 countries joined together to overcome global health threats.

Ten members of staff from Medical Diagnostics company the Binding Site have signed up to take part in London 2 Paris: Inspiring the Revolution to raise funds for blood cancer charity Cure Leukaemia.

Safety in Beauty was founded to help consumers fight bad practice. The campaign was launched by cosmetic industry expert, Antonia Mariconda, in 2013.

As British people focus even more on their health and wellbeing, their spending reflects how their hard-earned cash is being used on items that can be enjoyed at home!

The ban on smoking in cars has been hailed a great victory for children's health by Birmingham health boss, Councillor John Cotton.

A ban on people smoking in cars carrying children will be introduced in Wales on October 1, 2015, Health and Social Services Minister, Mark Drakeford has announced.