All news by author: Martin Bagot

A new breast cancer drug, called Anastrozole, which costs just 4p a day can halve the chance of a woman getting the disease and potentially help hundreds of thousands of people

Eight lifestyle and health measures affect how well you are likely to age and changing them can add years to your life expectancy, new research has found in the United States

The former boss of NHS England Lord Stevens said Matt Hancock 'took the ­position that he, rather than the medical profession, should decide who should live and die'

Lord Simon Stevens, former chief executive of NHS England, told the Covid Inquiry that there were "occasional moments of tension and flashpoints", but squirmed as he was asked about Mr Hancock's honesty

Blood-thinning anticoagulants are now prescribed for most of the people in England with atrial fibrillation, and the scheme is estimated to have saved NHS England £100million in treating strokes

Researchers at the University of Geneva have said more research needs to be done when it comes to the impact of mobile phone usage on sperm in men - and says not to stop carrying phones in pockets just yet

Nottingham University Hospitals made the move at its hospitals, and a medical centre in Great Yarmouth followed suit on Monday when staff came under unbearable pressure

Parents of baby William Moris-Patto who died from neglect at a hospital in Cambridgeshire are backing calls for a national inquiry into NHS maternity care

A new Parliamentary report highlights that average 999 call response times range from five minutes and four seconds in the West Midlands to 67 minutes in the South West

A new stud has found that brisk walking, housework or jogging could offset the impact of having an office job and watching the telly all night - but the timing is crucial

Long Covid is affecting thousands of Brits, with as many as one in ten people who catch the virus suffering a landmark study has found as the country approaches what could be another tough winter for the NHS

People with depression could be offered fashionable 'hot yoga' on the NHS – a practice favoured by many celebrities – after a scientific study showed that the exercise returned excellent clinical results

Scientists have used a huge database of medical records of cancer patients to train artificial intelligence to give a lifespan prediction - and it be may be surprisingly accurate

The Care Quality Commission surveyed 63,000 inpatients in England and 41% reported their health had deteriorated while on NHS waiting list - while wealthy can afford to go private

Scientists compared high-intensity statins and found patients taking some types may be more than a third more likely to develop a serious debilitating condition

Professor Neil Ferguson criticised the lack of border restrictions, testing and contact tracing to stop the virus, and says his team’s modelling of deaths tipped the balance

Scientists have found it possible to reverse drug resistance and slow the progression of prostrate cancer in a trial on patients with an advanced form of the illness

The overall waiting list was up by almost 100,000 last month despite Prime Minister Rishi Sunak making cutting treatment waiting lists one of his priorities for 2023

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust and University of Exeter are probing – and patients will be invited to join trials from January

Cancer Research UK has carried out never-before-tried research into the disease across the UK, and has confirmed the results in a major new study published in the British Journal of Cancer

NHS data shows cases of sore throats increased by 77% between 2021/22 and 2022/23, up from 191,900 to 340,441 while patients with a cough rose by 47% and fever by 44%

Around the country, millions of vulnerable people are unaware they qualify for discounts on prescriptions, which they could get through a Prescription Prepayment Certificate

The Covid inquiry has heard that the Government 'lost control' of the pandemic and 'abandoned basic public health protection' when it privatised the Test and Trace system

Labour leader Keir Starmer unveiled plans for an extra 700,000 emergency appointments to stop 'horror stories of DIY dentistry' after reports of patients yanking out their teeth

Rishi Sunak, who was then Chancellor, also ignored warnings by the Government’s senior scientific and medical advisors, Sir Patrick Vallance and Sir Chris Whitty, the Covid-19 Inquiry heard