‘Record number’ of men needed NHS surgery to repair snapped penises last year after suffering the gruesome injury which can happen during sex The penis fractures when a thin, fibrous sheath inside it breaks under pressure It can cause immediate pain and swelling and even make an audible noise The true number of patients may … Read more
IVF success rates are three-and-a-half times lower in some parts of the UK because of a cruel ‘postcode lottery’, experts have warned. Women having the procedure at St Jude’s Fertility Clinic in Wolverhampton have just a 12 per cent chance of having a baby. By contrast, the success rate of an IVF cycle at University … Read more
Fertility treatment success rates are seven times lower in some parts of the UK because of a cruel ‘postcode lottery’, experts have warned. Couples having IUI, or artificial insemination, at Lanarkshire Acute Hospital NHS Trust in Scotland have just a six per cent chance of having a baby. By contrast, the success rate of the … Read more
You may be fooled into thinking food in supermarket ‘free from’ aisles are healthy because they don’t contain dairy, gluten or wheat. But MailOnline can reveal dozens of the section’s popular products have a higher sugar percentage content than most chocolate biscuits. The NHS says any food made up of more than 22.5 per cent of … Read more
More than one quarter of children referred for mental health treatment are turned away, a damning report has revealed. Around 133,000 under-18s were rejected from specialist NHS services in the year 2018/19, the Education Policy Institute (EPI) said. This includes youngsters who may self-harm, have eating disorders, suffer abuse or simply don’t ‘fit in the … Read more
The number of people waiting more than four hours to be seen in England’s A&E departments has soared to a record high. For the first time on record more than one in five people who visited NHS hospitals in December were not seen within the target time. This worked out as a total of 396,762 people … Read more
‘Postcode lottery’ for ovarian cancer means THREE TIMES fewer women are being diagnosed with treatable forms of the killer disease in some NHS trusts The cancer kills almost 90% of women whose disease is stage four, data shows Survival rates are higher when the cancer is caught early, at stage one or two Just 21.8% … Read more
How YOU can avoid catching norovirus: Experts give their tips to dodge the winter vomiting bug, from binning uncovered food to putting your crockery on a hot wash By Jo Waters For The Daily Mail Published: 23:16 GMT, 6 January 2020 | Updated: 23:23 GMT, 6 January 2020 One of the most contagious viruses there … Read more
Britons book more GP appointments when it is cold and rainy – but they make fewer visits when it is sunny or snowing, research shows. Scientists also found patients booked fewer appointments on days last summer that the England football team played in the World Cup. Spikes in attendances also occur after public holidays and … Read more
Jeremy Vine has sparked a debate about NHS ‘Eatwell’ plate on Twitter after declaring the guidelines ‘calamitous for people desperately trying to lose weight.’ The presenter, 54, who lives in Epsom, tweeted a graphic of the dietary guide, which were released in 2007, showing the recommended helpings of the main food groups for a healthy … Read more
Children with mental health problems ‘are having to attempt SUICIDE’ to get treatment because NHS trusts are turning them away ‘unless they have severe symptoms’ Third of mental health trusts in England only accept kids with ‘severe’ symptoms GPs said children were having to attempt or threaten suicide to get referred Just one in five … Read more
Gene test hope for critically ill babies as DNA testing on the NHS could speed up diagnosis and lead to quicker treatment Worried families used to have to wait three months on average for a diagnosis Now ‘whole-exome’ testing will provide an answer in about ten days The test could pick up rare diseases including … Read more
Doctors in Scotland to trial an 850-calorie ‘porridge and lentil soup’ diet to curb the nation’s spiralling diabetes epidemic A total of 15,980 new patients diagnosed in 2018 – including 205 under age of 30 The 850-calorie daily diet plan includes five portions of fruit and vegetables Participants will lose a stone a month and ‘diabetes … Read more