All news by author: Martin Bagot

More than a million people in Britain have been left suffering with Long Covid symptoms, but it's said Boris Johnson did not believe the condition "truly existed"

The risk of diabetes, which affects more than 3.8 million people in the UK, is cut significantly if you drink one cup of tea - traditional or otherwise - every day

The popularity of dermal fillers surged thanks to reality shows such as Love Island, but doctors say the injected substances can be rejected by the immune system

Cancer Research UK said since 2019 tobacco has caused over 200,000 cancer cases and is demanding the Tories reverse cuts to smoking services

The relatives blame a lack of testing in hospitals and care homes at around the time of a decision by then Health Secretary Matt Hancock to order the discharge untested patients

The NHS is launching an appeal for more of us, including older patients, to download the NHS app to help manage our health - and there are hopes more people will become organ donors

Amelia Bolter was 17 months old when doctors said she was 'waiting at God’s door', and she has now spent ten months in hospital hooked up to a machine to keep her alive

Tuberculosis infections increased by 7% in the first half of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022 - and health experts say drug-resistant TB strains are a 'major concern'

A scanning scheme carried out this year found 18% of heavy drinkers had undiagnosed advanced liver fibrosis or cirrhosis – tissue thickening or scarring

As junior doctors and consultants held their first joint walkout amid wave of strikes, Dr Arjan Singh, a member of the BMA’s doctors’ committee and council, issued the dire warning

Thousands of the senior doctors walked out in England on Tuesday for another wave of strikes, and at least one expert is fearful of the potential consequences

Children turning 18 from next month can ask for the identities of their donor parent following changes to the anonymity law in 2005 - with 10,000 expected to be eligible by the end of the decade

"It reminds us he has been recognised for what he has done. I always tell people Aari died but we celebrate the fact that he has helped others. We’re so proud of him"

Geoffrey Hoad had undergone routine hip surgery in August 2022 at the Spire hospital in Norfolk, but three days later, while recovering there, his condition deteriorated

The regulator said its approval of groundbreaking Rimegepant marks a 'step-change in treatment' for the 'invisible disability that affects all aspects of life'

The University of Cambridge research highlights those who regularly get between seven and nine hours at night cut their chances of having depression considerably

Up to 20,000 radiographers will walk out on October 3 when consultants and junior doctors also down tools in England amid an almost complete shutdown of non-urgent care in the NHS

Scientists at the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health in China reported the kidneys had normal structure and formation after 28 days and were 50% to 60% human cells

Sickle cell disease is an illness that causes blockages and strokes in patients, and NHS bosses are making a public plea for blood donors to help treat the devastating disease

The number of patients currently unable to access an NHS dentist has increased to a staggering 12 million people in England - more than 20 per cent of the country's population

Katie and Graham Tatham are hoping for a donor for their son Ralph after he was diagnosed with liver cancer but say it's hard to process that only another child can save him

Ethan Eaves was admitted to hospital at five months and stayed there until he came home in the summer of 2020 at 18 months old, following his lifesaving transplant

One in five children is now overweight or obese by the time they start primary school – and one in three reaches this point by the end of it - but how can we prevent this?

Today marks the first anniversary of the ongoing independent review into care failings at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, and those affected are calling for more action

Cancer Research UK said since the mid-1980s UK cancer death rates have fallen by around a quarter - and if these rates had stayed the same, 1.2 million lives would have been lost