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Of the twelve hours spent on screen, close to five hours are spent in front of laptops, four and a half hours are dedicated to mobile phones and people spend three hours watching TV. more

The average life expectancy of men in the United States is now almost six years less than that of women. This is the biggest difference since 1996 - reports the journal "JAMA Internal Medicine".more

Almost half a million women will be able to get the contraceptive pill from pharmacies in England, from next month, without the need for a GP appointment. more

Fewer children in England have been having rotten teeth pulled out since the sugar tax on soft drinks began, prompting calls for the levy to be extended to sweets, biscuits and cereals.more

NHS England boss Amanda Pritchard will say later that with improved rates of vaccination and screening, the point where almost nobody gets the cancer could be achieved within two decades.more

HIV has increased among women and people identifying as transgender in Ireland, it emerged today. There was an increase of 107pc in diagnoses of HIV in heterosexual females in 2022 when compared with 2019.more

Attracting skilled overseas-trained doctors to the UK will remain "crucial", despite plans to train more healthcare staff here, the doctors' regulator has said. The General Medical Council (GMC) found that nearly two-thirds (63%) of new doctors in 2022 qualified abroad.more

A terminally ill eight-month-old British girl, Indi Gregory, who in recent days has become the subject of a court battle between her parents and the hospital, has been disconnected from life support and taken to a hospice, an organization supporting parents said.more

The UK faces an ageing crisis and healthcare must step in, England's chief medical officer, Prof Sir Chris Whitty, warns in his annual report. People are living longer but some spend many of their later years in bad health - and that has to change, he said. more

The parents of terminally ill 8-month-old British girl Indi Gregory yesterday lost another appeal against the decision to end her life support. This most likely exhausts their options for further appeals.more

In banning the party drug, the UK follows the Netherlands which, in January, became the first country in the world to outlaw recreational use of nitrous oxide after recording 1,800 car accidents over three years, resulting in 63 deaths.more

Planning for weather is tricky with Londoners needing to consider the cold of November, rain showers and the heat of the Tube in their outfit choices. more

Surgeons at New York University Hospital performed this procedure in May this year. the first-ever transplant of a whole human eye, transplanting the donor eye to the victim of a near-fatal accident, CBS reported on Thursday. The patient's body accepted the transplant, although it is not known whether it will be possible to restore vision in the transplanted eye.more

Findings of ‘thinly veiled, everyday instances of racism at work’ raise fears medical graduates may avoid UK.more

Lack of access to dentists is costing lives because mouth cancers are not being spotted or treated early enough, a health charity has told BBC News. The disease killed more than 3,000 people in 2021 - up 46%, from 2,075 a decade ago, latest figures obtained by the Oral Health Foundation show.more

Pharmacists will have the power to extend prescriptions for up to a year from next March in a move which would cut down on patient costs and GP visits.more

British women top the list for the world’s biggest female binge drinkers, a report has found. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) compared alcohol consumption across 33 countries.more

A study has revealed that as of this year, the average life expectancy in the UK is 81 years old. Residents in Kensington and Chelsea have an average life expectancy of 86.02 years which is the highest in England. more

The Italian government has granted the country's citizenship to a seriously ill 8-month-old girl from the UK so that she can be treated at a Vatican hospital that has expressed willingness to accept her. Earlier, a British court upheld a decision by doctors allowing the infant to be disconnected from life support.more

Hundreds of European tourists returning from vacations in Spain have been infected with cryptosporidiosis, a protozoan parasitic intestinal disease that can manifest as severe diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea and fever. Due to the risk of dehydration, the disease is dangerous for young children, the elderly and the immunocompromised.more

The government has agreed to fund a one-off bonus for health workers who missed out previously because they worked for non-NHS organisations. A payment of at least £1,655 was agreed as part of the NHS pay deal in England this year, to recognise the pressure of the Covid pandemic on staff.more

The first child in Europe - and the second in the world - was born in Majorca and was carried at the embryonic stage by a pair of two women.more

Almost six in ten medical and nursing students in the UK are struggling with their mental health – with some saying they are considering quitting the profession before they have even qualified. more

The Covid-19 pandemic had a lasting negative impact on the brain function of people over 50, rapidly accelerating cognitive decline, whether they were ill or not, according to a study published by British researchers.more

Thousands of lives have been saved by giving blood-thinning drugs to people with a heart condition that puts them at risk of a stroke, according to the head of the NHS. more