All news by author: Martin Bagot

Scientists asked healthy young volunteers to do one three-second bicep contraction either two or three days a week for four weeks - and the results were surprising

Research found people who went to bed and woke up 90 minutes later at weekends had gut bacteria linked to heart attacks, strokes and obesity

The ground-breaking study acts as a warning that crop pest species could evolve to reproduce much more rapidly - with devastating impacts for human food supplies

The Government announced on Friday that a previously-pledged £600 million funding pot will go to paying existing staff and trying to recruit more to fill gaps ahead of winter

GPs warn primary care is being 'pushed closer towards the precipice' as patients find it harder to see their family doctor as more and more leave their job

Experts warn that Australia, where flu activity usually predicts what will happen here, is experiencing one of its biggest flu seasons

Stud found older adults with an Alzheimer’s gene were 37% less likely to have a good sense of smell, which could be a useful indicator of health issue

Until now cardio exercise, such as walking, has been recommended by GPs, but a doctor says that recommendation is largely based on older data

Poll shows a third of donors have not told their loved ones of decision, and unwillingness to talk about death is thought to be the main reason

The Care Quality Commission surveyed more than 36,000 people and found their experience of A&E is getting far worse - with experts saying workload is becoming unsustainable

A four-year project by Liverpool University and the Health Foundation has concluded 9.1 million people are projected to be living with major illness by 2040 - up 2.5 million people on 2019

Analysis of health data by US scientists has found that low physical activity, binge drinking, poor diet, and poor sleep hygiene have a significant impact on lifespan

Long Covid symptoms include a persistent cough, fatigue, muscle pain and brain fog - with 3,000 people taking part in a cognitive test to study the long lasting impact

The Health Secretary is demanding consultants call off strikes, which have postponed non-urgent care, and accept a below-inflation 6% 'final offer' wage increase

Consultants have gone out on strike from 7am today until Saturday morning and claim they are "fighting for the future of the NHS" with most non-urgent hospital care cancelled

More than one in four adults in England are now estimated to have an unmet dental need as the total increased by one million last year

Furious relatives explained how a lack of PPE and testing meant the virus ravaged through hospital wards and infected patients who they never saw again

A landmark trial has shown that a drug called donanemab has significantly halted brain deterioration - only the second drug ever proven to do so - in a breakthrough for Alzheimer's research

Experts believe the two drugs could be 'the beginning of the end' for the disease after initial trial results shown to slow dementia progression

The Commons Health and Social Care Committee launched a review when a poll revealed 22% of people are not ­registered with a ­practice and 23% of those said they could not afford soaring treatment costs

Grant Lakey, 58, pulled out four teeth at his home in Bromley, south east London, before taking out a a £6,000 loan to have six implants in Turkey after failing to get access to an NHS dentist

Rishi Sunak will have to explain to 'over a million outraged NHS workers' after yesterday's pay announcement, Royal College of Nursing chief Pat Cullen said

Junior doctors have blasted the Government's pay offer as 'derisory' as they insist it equates to just 84p an hour extra for new doctors

The British Medical Association starts a five day walk-out in England at 7am on Thursday after rejecting a 5% pay award offered by the Tories, who now refuse to negotiate with medics

Dad-of-four Tonney Forsberg has the world's first fully bionic arm and can manipulate each finger as if it is his own arm after he lost his limb in a tragic accident at work