Current NHS policy of restricting cancer gene testing could be leading to some people carrying inherited genetic changes linked to cancer being missed, a small study found. Investigators at The ...

Millions of people in the UK are being urged to complete an NHS test that takes around ten minutes. As NHS London explains, ...

Long waits for tests, including MRI scans, CT scans, ultrasounds, endoscopies, and heart investigations, can delay treatment for serious conditions such as cancer and heart disease. At the end of ...

Midwife Sarah Joy Owen explains how the day 5 heel prick works, what conditions it screens for and what happens if further ...

A new £25m NHS centre providing MRI, CT, ultrasound as well as respiratory and cardiology testing has opened in Slough. The Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC), based at Upton Hospital, is open seven ...

Writer Nick Harding has a blood test at a GFCT prostate cancer screening event at the Nelson Club in Warwick - Andrew Fox A few things are guaranteed to get men off the sofa and out the house.

Despite efforts by test maker Grail to highlight outcomes the company considers positive, some experts are warning against using the Galleri test and others like it.

Hundreds of potential kidney donors of Black African and Black Caribbean heritage in the UK can now get a simple blood test to help reduce the risk of kidney failure. The test is part of national ...

Brits will now be able to test for genes linked to cancer following the development of a world-leading tool by the NHS. The health service has created a database of 120 genes known to increase the ...

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Millions across the UK are being urged to come forward for an NHS test that takes only a few minutes but could help save ...