Simple procedure may eliminate need for blood pressure medication
The Guardian - 09-Mar-2025The procedure is quick, safe, and minimally invasive
Denis Campbell
Details last updated 08-Feb-2019
Articles written by Denis Campbell
End-of-life care in the UK is failing patients, report warns
The Guardian - 05-Feb-2025Campaigners call for more hospice and home care funding to reduce hospital deaths
Regular exercise improves brain health and delays dementia by 18 months
The Guardian - 19-Nov-2024Fitness reduces dementia risk by 35%, even for people with genetic risk factors
The staggering cost of Britain’s food habits
The Guardian - 15-Nov-2024How unhealthy diets are crippling the nation's health, economy, and future
Majority of Britons want new taxes on junk and processed foods
The Guardian - 11-Aug-2024The taxes could fund healthier food options for low-income families
Artificial Sweetener in cakes and drinks may harm your gut health
The Guardian - 24-Apr-2024Scientists link neotame to increased risk of IBS, sepsis, and more
Illegal yohimbine and synephrine pills found online without health warning labels
Guardian - 25-Aug-2021Products promising weight loss are for sale on internet; users may face health complications
NHS England rolls out at-home cancer screening pillcam kits
Guardian - 11-Mar-2021Sci-fi turned real: swallowable tiny camera capsules to spot signs of bowel cancer
Just 70 grams of red or processed meat increases risk of heart disease, diabetes
Guardian - 03-Mar-2021But increased risk mainly due to higher weight - less significant when BMI accounted for
Defeat lung cancer at an early stage with CT scan
Guardian - 14-Feb-2021CT scan detects 70% of early-stage lung cancers; NHS England launches pilot screening
Survey shows that 47% of women don't check their breasts regularly
Guardian - 26-Oct-2020Findings are worrisome as self examination helps in early diagnosis
New antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria can be threatening
Guardian - 11-Sep-2019Many bacteria are now resistant to antibiotics such as carbapenems and colistin
More elderly are dying after falls as care crisis deepens
Guardian - 07-Apr-2018Number of deaths in men over 85 has risen by 177%. Greater increase than the number of people re...
Death rate rise linked to longer stays in hospital
Guardian - 02-Oct-20171 in 5 of the extra deaths in 2014-15 may be attributable being stuck in hospital. Older patient...
Patients' illnesses could soon be diagnosed by AI
Guardian - 12-Sep-2017Computers could start diagnosing patients’ illnesses within the next few years as artificial inte...
