Cancer

Hairdressers, beauticians and accountants could all be at a higher risk of developing ovarian cancer through exposure to chemicals and...

Cases of melanoma skin cancer in the UK have reached an all-time high, fuelled by hotter summers, sunbed use, and...

The UK has higher levels of deaths from treatable diseases such as heart attack and stroke than the majority of...

The NHS is to roll out targeted community and mobile lung screening to anyone aged over 55 who has a...

Breast cancer mortality rates have gone down by two-thirds (66%) in the past two decades, and now more than 90%...

The NHS’ network of ‘community diagnostic centres’ (CDCs) has now carried out some four million health checks, tests and scans...

These are the four areas employers need to act upon if they are supporting an employee with a terminal illness.

A survey has warned that nearly a third of outdoor workers never apply UV sun protection cream while at work.

Occupational health professionals have an opportunity to highlight to the government the value of return to work as a health...

More than 26,000 adults with severe mental illness die prematurely each year from preventable physical illnesses, according to a royal...

Patients living with obesity cost the NHS twice as much as people whose weight is within a healthy range, research has argued.

Working with chemical agents increases a person’s risk of developing pancreatic cancer with every year of exposure, research has suggested.

Up to 100 firefighters in Greater Manchester will be tested this week for cancer and other health issues.

Exposure to air pollution can harm health throughout the whole course of a person’s life, a study has argued, affecting...

The UK needs a national plan to remove asbestos from all public and commercial buildings, the TUC has said.