Sam Blanchard

A COMPOUND found in red wine could hold the key to preventing bowel cancer, scientists hope. Resveratrol, an antioxidant in red grapes, is being assessed to see if it can slow the growth of tumour …

AMBULANCE and A&E bosses warn more patients are falling critically ill because they fail to get help from their GP. Health chiefs are preparing for a “tough winter” with added strain because fr…

THOUSANDS of Brits will be prescribed the best anti-smoking pill on the market under NHS plans to help them quit. Varenicline will be available again in England and used in a big push by smoking cl…

HOSPITALS will be ranked in a national league table — with failing managers facing the sack in football-style NHS reforms. Health Secretary Wes Streeting will today vow to tighten the screw on badl…

NHS managers will be blocked from running a merry-go-round of cushy six-figure jobs without getting grilled when things go wrong, the Health Secretary has vowed. Wes Streeting said “rotten apples” …

MORE people are being diagnosed with Davina McCall’s extremely rare brain tumour type due to advances in testing. Brain Tumour Research said the three in a million people found with a colloid cyst …

HANGOVERS make us dumber and slow our thinking, a study says. And experts say boozers’ lost productivity could be costing the UK economy up to £1.4billion a year. Researchers asked 27 casual drinke…

LEADING emergency doctors fear for the safety of A&E patients this winter, a survey shows. A total of 94 per cent feel people are already coming to harm because of the conditions. Another 87 pe…

OPERATING theatres are burning through cash by sitting empty until a bed is available for a patient, a top surgeon warns. Lord Ara Darzi said staff “scrubbed ready” at 8am could still be waiting “u…

DOOM-scrolling and joining arguments on social media trap us in a cycle of bad mental health, scientists warn. They found that reading negative content online makes us unhappy — but we cannot resis…