NHS patients in England should get results for cancer tests within four weeks of being referred by a GP by 2020 under new plans to improve treatment. NHS England’s cancer taskforce is also replacing old radiotherapy machines and increasing specialist staff to ensure it delivers “world class” cancer care. The five-year plan will cost £400m a year but experts say ...

The number of people in the UK donating organs after death has fallen for the first time in more than a decade, figures show. Last year the number fell by 3% compared with the previous 12 months to 1,282. NHS Blood and Transplant said fewer people were suitable for donating organs and there had been a fall in families giving ...

Naturally we’re dependent on pain killer to remove any kind of pain in our body. These kinds of medicines create a lot of problems though they give us relief for a time being. There’ll have no risk if we cure this pain by some natural ingredients. How you’ll do this mentioned below- 1. Root of ginger: It’s very helpful using ...

People, exposed to passive smoking, now can be free of danger using a new air-cleaning filter. The filter can prevent all the harmful smoke substances in a room – where ten people are simultaneously smoking – in less than an hour, researchers say, reports Press Trust of India. The filter is coated with a manganese oxide-based nano-catalyst, which can be ...

The chance of returning to a normal weight after becoming obese is only one in 210 for men and one in 124 for women over a year, research suggests. For severe obesity, shedding excess weight in a year is even more unlikely, a study of UK health records concluded. Researchers say current strategies for helping obese patients are failing. A ...

It may be possible to “soften-up” cancers before hitting them with chemotherapy drugs, researchers suggest. A study, published in the Cancer Cell, uncovered how tumours can become resistant to commonly used drugs. The University of Manchester team suggest drugs already in development may be able to counter this resistance to make chemotherapy more effective. The approach has not yet been ...

Certain types of weight-lifting and jumping exercises, when performed for at least six months, may reverse age-related bone loss in middle-aged men (Source: Thinkstock Images) Certain types of weight-lifting and jumping exercises, when performed for at least six months, may reverse age-related bone loss in middle-aged men (Source: Thinkstock Images)Certain types of weight-lifting and jumping exercises, when performed for at ...

Fraudulent activity is connected with several things like greed, urge to gamble and grandiose perceptions of life. (Source: Thinkstock Images) Fraudulent activity is connected with several things like greed, urge to gamble and grandiose perceptions of life. (Source: Thinkstock Images)Open any newspaper and you will see pages filled with scams and frauds happening in the country. Sometimes it is difficult ...

What are the Healthy Lunchbox Tips and Recipes for Kids?Lunchbox is an important part of a school going child’s diet and to make it healthy as well as interesting is every mother’s challenge.A proper meal in the lunch box will provide your child the nutrition they require each day, but all the efforts to make lunchbox healthy will go in ...

“The quality of your life depends upon the quality of your communication.”Over a period of time, I have realised that the best public speakers in this world have a few things in common. People who are interested in mastering the art of public speaking can adopt the following traits.1) Personality of the speaker: Accept it or reject it, a public ...