CASES of scarlet fever have soared in England to 17,695 â compared to just 2,538 cases at the same point last year.The outbreak has so far killed 19 children,...
CHILDHOOD leukaemia could be triggered by common bugs, experts have found. UK scientists have discovered some babies develop pre-cancerous cells in the womb. Le...
A PENSIONER “screamed in pain”;; during an agonising 25-hour wait for an ambulance. Elizabeth Davies, 93, was forced to lie on a wooden floor with a fractured h...
FOR mum-of-four Adele Boom, Christmas is the most magical time of the year â but also the most dangerous.Every December, the 49-year-old finds herself in hosp...
GRANDPARENTS are more at risk of dying from Strep A than their grandkids, a minister has warned. Maria Caulfield, speaking in the House of Commons on Monday, sa...
HUNDREDS of women with breast cancer will get months of extra life thanks to a new NHS drug.Patients with an incurable type of cancer called HER2-positive will...
NURSES’ walkouts will drag on for six painful months if they do not get a pay boost, union leaders have warned.Thousands of appointments and operations will be...
SOME patients will be told to get themselves to A&E or book a taxi as a wave of strikes pummels the NHS.In parts of the UK, even people who have a heart attack...
Expert advice from our very own resident specialist and practising NHS GP, Dr Zoe Williams.Here’s what readers asked her this week.â.â.Dr Zoe Williams answe...
THE Sun’s Dr Zoe swapped her stethoscope for a high-vis vest last week when she volunteered at a vaccine clinic as part of our Helping Hands At Christmas campai...
THE talk might be all about the turkey, but really it’s the roast potatoes that most of us actually fight over at Christmas dinner.Crispy on the outside, fluffy...
IT should be the season of goodwill to all, but the festive season can be littered with hazards.In recent years, 2.6million people have fallen off a stool or la...