Occupational health practitioners in London need to be on the alert for potential signs of measles among young workers, especially...
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The NHS is to roll out targeted community and mobile lung screening to anyone aged over 55 who has a...
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The NHS’ network of ‘community diagnostic centres’ (CDCs) has now carried out some four million health checks, tests and scans...
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Kidney disease risks becoming “a public health emergency” that could overwhelm the NHS within a decade, a charity has warned....
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As many as 7,000 people in England with diabetes are dying unnecessarily each year because of post-pandemic backlogs, delays, and...
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Closed-loop diabetes devices ‘life-changing’, but shouldn’t replace screening
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonNew glucose-monitoring diabetes devices are creating “life-changing benefits”, but aren’t a silver bullet and should not replace screening, the charity...
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Working with chemical agents increases a person’s risk of developing pancreatic cancer with every year of exposure, research has suggested.
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The UK needs a national plan to remove asbestos from all public and commercial buildings, the TUC has said.
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People of African Caribbean ethnicity and with type 1 diabetes are at greater risk of losing their sight and therefore...
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Researchers have created a tool that can identify the people most at risk of developing lung cancer in the next...
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Firefighters are regularly exposed to PFAS ‘forever’ chemicals in firefighting foam, a report from the Health and Safety Executive has argued.
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Firefighter instructors are more likely to suffer from chronic inflammation, leaving them at greater risk of infection and illness, a study has found.
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Black women can face the worst health inequalities, a study of women living in south London has concluded.
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Tuberculosis (TB) rates in England remain highest in areas of deprivation and among certain vulnerable groups living in large urban...
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People with symptoms of long Covid are at higher risk of cardiac and lung disease, asthma, blood clots and stroke,...