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Doctors

Warning as most common day to have severe heart attack revealed

Serious heart attacks are more likely to happen on a Monday than at any other time, research has suggested.

Fatal heart attacks more common on a Monday, research suggests

Melissa Kinsella was returning home from a family holiday in Turkey when she collapsed and had a seizure. Credit: GoFundMe

Mum-of-three fighting for life in Turkey after collapsing at airport

Women are embarrassed by talking about their bodies

Over a fifth of women feel embarrassed to speak about their own bodies

Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary Health and Social Care

NHS on alert for strikes as minister claims staffing issues 'not all about pay'

Clinical trials are now under way in Scotland to assess whether the tool can help doctors reduce pressure on overcrowded emergency departments

AI could help improve heart attack diagnosis, Scottish study suggests

New plans would allow more doctors and nurses to receive their training "on the job" rather than via the traditional university route.

Student doctors told to skip university to solve the NHS staff crisis

GB News is located within The Point at Paddington, north London

GB News in breach of Ofcom rules for second time

The Demon Headmaster’s Terrence Hardiman dies aged 86

Tony Blackburn has shared with fans that he has been discharged from hospital. The BBC Radio 2 star spent three weeks there recovering from an illness, which forced him to temporarily pull out of his popular Saturday morning show The Sound of the ‘60s.

Tony Blackburn shares update on his health after hospital stay

The Sudanese Junior Doctors Association UK estimate that approximately 74 NHS doctors are trapped in Sudan.

Foreign NHS doctors will not be evacuated from Sudan by UK

(Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

The latest illicit drug trends reported by police and health workers

Mum of 2 thought ‘tennis ball’ sized brain tumour was stress seizures

Tony Blackburn has had to pull out of his popular BBC Radio 2 show Sound of the 60s after doctors told him to rest amid concerns for his health.

BBC Radio 2 presenter Tony Blackburn reschedules Sound of the 60s tour

Tony Blackburn has had to pull out of his popular BBC Radio 2 show Sound of the 60s after doctors told him to rest amid concerns for his health.

Tony Blackburn pulls out of BBC Radio 2 show amid health concerns

Scientists fear UK outbreak after British woman infected with virus following trip to France

Scientists fear Dengue fever outbreak after British woman infected

Medics are calling for air monitors to be installed in Scottish schools to examine pollution risk to children

Medics are calling for air monitors to be installed in Scottish schools

Jacob Rees-Mogg brands junior doctors ‘irresponsible’ for strike on GB News - current pay is ‘perfectly fair’

Jacob Rees-Mogg brands junior doctors strike ‘irresponsible’

Demonstrators hold placards as they take part in a protest by junior doctors, amid a dispute with the government over pay, outside of Saint Mary's Hospital, in Manchester, on March 15, 2023.

NHS ‘cannot guarantee’ patient safety as junior doctors strike begins

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. (Photo: MARCELLO PATERNOSTRO/AFP via Getty Images)

Silvio Berlusconi has leukaemia and in intensive care

A picture taken at the French National Institute of Agricultural Research shows a tick (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY / AFP) (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images).

TBEV case confirmed in UK - what you need to know about new virus

Kelly Hoppen

Kelly Hoppen opens up about breast cancer diagnosis

BBC Strictly Come Dancing’s Shirley Ballas says online trolls left her at ‘all time low’ following recent series

Strictly judge says online trolls left her at ‘all time low’

Demonstrators hold placards as they take part in a protest by junior doctors. Picture: NIKLAS HALLE’N/AFP via Getty Images

Junior doctors announce four-day strike action in April

Nursing strikes 2023: Royal College of Nursing, the GMB & Unison back new pay offer - but it’s not over yet

Nursing strikes 2023: Unions back pay offer - but it’s not over yet

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch (centre) on an RMT picket line during January’s strike (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Who is on strike today? Teachers & junior doctors included

Junior doctors forming a picket line outside St George’s hospital on Monday (March 13) in London. Photo by Lynn Rusk

Junior doctors strike: 3-day industrial action begins today

Mock-up picture of cocaine.

Scottish medics issue warning after rise in nose jobs linked to cocaine use

Comedian Dawn French

The health scare leading to Dawn French’s 7.5 stone weight loss

Tesco is stocking £8 health-kits to test for cancers and illnesses in a first of a kind deal to help the NHS

Tesco launch at-home medical kits to test for cancer & thyroid issues

Doctors warn that use of Nitrous Oxide could lead to spinal damage

Credit: SWNS

Footballer dies of flesh-eating virus diagnosed as tonsillitis by NHS

Laura and Paul on their wedding day, just over four years ago

‘I’m too young to die. I want time with my husband. Our life is only beginning’

Prue Leith and Danny Kruger

How to watch Prue and Danny’s Death Road Trip

Analysing loyalty card data could help doctors spot ovarian cancer cases earlier.

Loyalty card data could help spot ovarian cancer earlier

A new review concluded that doctors experiencing burnout are twice as likely to be involved in patient safety incidents

Junior doctors begin voting on industrial action

NHS staff at UK hospital told to repay Christmas bonuses paid in error

Ambulances parked outside Manchester Royal Infirmary on December 21, 2022.

NHS under more pressure now ‘than at peak of Covid pandemic’

The ERI has been under severe pressure

Doctors warn of 'impending doom' in hospitals ahead of Hogmanay

Sisters Allison Kerr (left), and Karen Owens who both had heart transplants, are looking forward to celebrating their first normal festive season in years after making full recoveries. Picture: NHS Golden Jubilee /PA Wire

Sisters look forward to ‘normal’ festive season after heart transplant ops

Made In Chelsea’s Louise Thompson announces incurable Lupus diagnosis

Camels are pictured at the camel market in the Erhaiya desert area.

Doctors warned over ‘camel flu’ as England fans return from World Cup

Angry GPs have gathered in Clydebank for an annual conference

NHS crisis: Mild mannered doctors are becoming radical firebrands

A new report from the British Medical Association said medics are struggling to cope with demand from patients whose health conditions are being made worse by poverty, poor housing, lack of heating and skipping meals

People getting sicker due to spending cuts and rising cost of living – doctors

NHS workers are being pushed to their limits (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Two-tier health service must not be allowed to happen – Dr Iain Kennedy

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf

Doctors warn funding cuts could lead to “the collapse of the NHS”

Chris Fountain reveals he suffered a mini stroke earlier this year

A new review concluded that doctors experiencing burnout are twice as likely to be involved in patient safety incidents

Burned-out doctors 'pose risks to patient safety’

Survivor: Jade McMaster, her partner Thomas and their French Bulldog, Ivy

Number of Scots diagnosed with brain tumour has risen 30% in 20 years

Law change to speed up driving licence fitness-to-drive checks

Andy Goram in action for Rangers against Celtic in November 1996. (Picture: SNS)

Rangers confirm death of legendary goalkeeper Goram

Scotland's doctors have to 'bear the brunt' and are ready to quit according to BMA chair Dr Lewis Morrison
Pic: BMA Scotland

Scotland's doctors ‘bearing the brunt’ of NHS failings, BMA warns

Technology has improved industries across the world, from manufacturing to marketing.

Ad Feature How AI and tech are boosting our NHS

Activists from the climate change protest group Extinction Rebellion demonstrate outside of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in London (Picture: Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images)

Extinction Rebellion scientists: why we glued ourselves to government department

The provision of social care affects a large proportion of the population in one way or another (Picture: Getty Images)

Social care provision in Scotland should worry us all – Elsa Maishman

Matt Lloyd says he is speaking out to ‘let people know that there is hope – things can and do get better'. Picture: contributed.

Burns survivor thanks Glasgow Royal Infirmary for lifesaving care

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First Minister Humza Yousaf

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Ange Postecoglou could be set to leave Celtic for Tottenham Hotspur. (Photo by Ewan Bootman / SNS Group)

Ange Postecoglou 'agrees terms' with Spurs, John Kennedy's Celtic future

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer had faced criticism over his promise to block new North Sea oil and gas exploration.

Oil and gas will be part of UK energy supply for 'many years', Starmer insists

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