Vitamin D pills 'could stop colds or flu'
Vitamin D supplements could spare more than three million people from colds or flu in the UK each year, researchers claim. The sunshine...
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Winter deaths 'halve to 24,000'
There were 24,300 excess deaths in England and Wales last winter - about half the number of the previous year. This means the number of...
Bagged salad is Salmonella risk, study finds
Bagged salad can fuel the growth of food-poisoning bugs like Salmonella and make them more dangerous, a study says. University of...
Online calculator predicts IVF baby chances
Couples can find out their chances of having a baby over multiple cycles of IVF treatment, using a new online calculator. University of...
One in four women miss 'smear test'
At least one in every four women invited for cervical cancer screening in England last year failed to attend, latest figures show. Out of...
Third 'given wrong initial heart attack diagnosis'
Almost a third of patients in England and Wales are being given the wrong initial diagnosis after a heart attack - with women having a...
Dad of Sick Baby Warns of Devastating Consequences of Not Washing Hands
A father who “almost lost” his baby daughter to a series of sicknesses including the über-contagious respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)...
Cot deaths at lowest recorded level in England and Wales
Sudden unexplained infant deaths, or cot deaths, have reached the lowest level on record in England and Wales, according to the latest...
Asthma pill 'promising' for people with severe symptoms
An experimental pill could help adults with severe asthma, an early study in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal suggests. In the...
Pregnancy multivitamins 'are a waste of money’
Pregnancy multivitamins are a waste of money because most mothers-to-be do not need them, according to researchers. In Drug and...
