Health

On the eve of the 2014 Future of Health Conference, NHS England’s Director for People with Long Term Conditions, Dr Martin McShane, explains why empowering patients is vital: "I was speaking at a conference last week and was introduced to…

At least two people have died from heart attacks while shovelling snow in Buffalo, New York. Every winter, about 100 people in the US die doing this. Why? A study looking at data from 1990 to 2006 by researchers at the US Nationwide…

THE INDIPENDENT - Five people have been killed and a state of emergency declared after a towering "wall of snow" buried parts of western New York yesterday. The fifth death was reported today after the body of a 46-year-old man was found…

Ambulance Victoria study questions practice of giving oxygen to heart attack patients ABC, MELBOURNE - The century-old practice of giving oxygen to a heart attack patient could be causing more harm than good, with a study showing patients…

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $5.7m towards a programme to increase production of experimental Ebola treatments in Guinea and other affected countries. The programme will focus on treatments derived from the blood of…

Dr. Richard Feldman for Indystar.com - Advanced directives are an important set of legal documents that communicate one's wishes for treatment during life-limiting or terminal illness. They're designed for use when one is unable to…

The British nurse who has returned to Sierra Leone after recovering from Ebola has told the BBC he is "frustrated" by the "woefully slow" international response to the outbreak. William Pooley is back at the heart of the crisis, treating…

The ability to provide safe, urgent and integrated care is fundamental to the future delivery of the health and social care system. We need information to follow the patient along their pathway, so clinicians and patients can have access to…

A Mediterranean diet may be a better way of tackling obesity than calorie counting, leading doctors have said Writing in the Postgraduate Medical Journal (PMJ), the doctors said a Mediterranean diet quickly reduced the risk of heart attacks…

Chief Veterinary Officer, Nigel Gibbens, warns wild birds are at threat from the disease as he asks people to be alert for symptoms in animals Wild birds across the UK are now at threat from bird flu after an outbreak at a duck breeding…