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The lack of progress in addressing staff shortages in respiratory care could mean that people with lung disease are being deprived of access to specialist advice.

A mild bout of Covid-19 infection is “very unlikely” to cause lasting damage to the structure or function of the heart, according to research.

Melanoma diagnoses fell 28% from April to November 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, or the equivalent of 2,671 cases that were not picked up.

Thousands of people who are at a heightened risk of having a fatal asthma attack have not had a face-to-face...

The rate of liver cancer diagnosis in the UK has doubled over the past two decades and is highest among...

Less common, or less well-known or understood, health conditions such as auto-immune diseases, ME, epilepsy and MS can often go...

People with asthma have only a modestly increased risk of developing severe Covid-19 and requiring admission to hospital from the...

Research finds many people hospitalised with Covid-19 are still struggling months later.

Urgent referrals for patients with suspected lung cancer have dropped by a third over the past year, a study has...

The proportion of NHS staff feeling unwell as a result of work-related stress continued to rise last year, particularly in...

There could be 12,000 additional heart attacks and strokes in England in the next five years due to a reduction...

Injury to the heart has been found in half of Covid-19 patients discharged from hospital after suffering severe illness from...

There is an “urgent need” to address obesity levels in the UK, the Royal College of Physicians has warned, in...

Almost half (45%) of people who had possible cancer symptoms in the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic did not...

Exercise and getting people mobile early on in their rehabilitation from severe Covid-19 may help improve recovery, research has indicated....