Half an hour of yoga a day could lower breast cancer risk by 70pc

Participants filled in a questionnaire about their habits, including exercise as well as routines prior to…

Newborn baby in Japan given liver stem cells in transplant world first

Doctors in Japan have successfully transplanted liver cells derived from embryonic stem cells into a newborn…

Clap for Carers should stop next week before it becomes ‘negative’, says founder

Clap for Carers should stop next week before its message becomes “negative”, the architect of the…

Britain was Europe’s fattest nation before the coronavirus crisis

Meanwhile, research has found that one third of all hospital deaths from coronavirus in England have…

New mother stunned as Archbishop of Canterbury arrives at bedside to bless her son

It is hard to arrange a baby’s blessing at the best of times – but it’s…

Landmark breast cancer drug to be available on NHS

A “landmark” breast cancer drug which prolongs the life of patients with a particularly aggressive form…

Nearly 100m babies at risk of measles and polio due to cancelled vaccination services

At least 80 million babies are at risk of deadly infectious diseases because of disruption to…

PHE waited weeks to get help from labs despite lacking coronavirus testing capacity, committee hears

She said testing had been stopped in March”because of the sheer scale of cases in the…

Oxford University calls for 10,000 volunteers as coronavirus vaccine testing enters next stage

Work began in January on the vaccine, which uses a virus taken from chimpanzees and has…

coronavirus fatalities are being covered up and undercounted

The directions on the doctors’ duty rota at Murshidabad Medical College Hospital were quite clear. Printed…