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Share on Pinterest Combining GLP-1 drugs with a healthy lifestyle may reduce cardiovascular risks in people with diabetes. Image Credit: Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images A recent study found that people with type 2 diabetes who used GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) in combination with healthy lifestyle habits had a reduced risk of major adverse cardiovascular events.

News Nearly 1 in 4 people have missed an NHS appointment because they forgot or arrived too late, according to a new survey. The NHS has launched a new campaign urging people to turn on ‘push alerts’ from the NHS App so they get reminders about appointments and can rearrange any they can’t make, helping

Share on Pinterest Criminal Minds and Archer star Aisha Tyler is opening up about taking preventive health more seriously following her father’s stroke, and the healthy habits she’s adopted to boost her well-being. Aisha Tyler Actor and director Aisha Tyler opens up about why high blood pressure is personal. She teamed up with the CDC

Share on Pinterest Criminal Minds and Archer star Aisha Tyler is opening up about taking preventive health more seriously following her father’s stroke, and the healthy habits she’s adopted to boost her well-being. Aisha Tyler Actor and director Aisha Tyler opens up about why high blood pressure is personal. She teamed up with the CDC

News Ambulance crews and A&E staff have slashed handover delays by more than 7 minutes this winter – even as they ferried the highest number of patients to hospital in half a decade. Figures out today show that more than 1.2million patients were handed over (1,234,731) to A&Es by ambulances so far this winter. This

Share on Pinterest New research shows that ultraprocessed foods may be as addictive as cigarettes. Image Credit: Alexander Spatari/Getty Images A recent review found that ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) may be as addictive as tobacco products. The researchers found that UPFs are designed to heighten reward and accelerate the delivery of reinforcing ingredients. The “addictive” quality

Tens of thousands of people living with vitiligo affecting their face are to be offered the first approved medicine on the NHS to restore lost skin colour. The new cream, known as ruxolitinib, will be offered to nearly 100,000 people aged 12 and over who have a form of the condition where white patches typically

The number of people searching for trusted NHS advice on high blood pressure surged in 2025 with hundreds of thousands of extra visits to online information on risk and how to get checked. The NHS webpage on high blood pressure rocketed from 30th place in 2024, to the second most visited health condition on NHS.uk

Hundreds of thousands more women attended NHS breast screening last year and thousands more cancers were diagnosed early in England. New figures today show that in 2024/25, 1.94 million women aged 50 to 70 attended screening within six months of invitation – up nearly 200,000 (193,745) from 1.75 million the previous year. As a result

News The NHS could be facing a “second surge” in norovirus as the vomiting bug reaches its highest level so far this winter. Figures published today show the average number of patients in hospital with norovirus each day this week rose to over 1,000 for the first time this winter (1,012). The total is a