London Medical Laboratory

This year, you can tuck into your Christmas dinner without worrying about cholesterol, reveals a leading blood testing expert.

If the US election result is making you depressed and the recent UK Budget left you feeling cash-strapped, you're not alone. Many people on both sides of the Atlantic are feeling increasingly anxious about the state of politics, society and the economy.

Striking new figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal millennials (people born between around 1981-1996) and Gen Zs (people born between around 1997-2010) now have a statistical average of just 1.44 children, the lowest level on record.

The traditional gap between the number of women living to a very old age compared to the number of men is closing rapidly.

A leading testing expert fears a perfect storm of infections now students have returned to schools and colleges.

New official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal Brits were happier with their access to local surgeries and health centres during July and August than they were during January and February.

new medical study has captured headlines by suggesting two slices of ham a day can raise type 2 diabetes risk by 15%. However, processed meat is far from being the only cause of the surge in diabetes cases, says a leading expert.

The arrival of the first case of the more deadly 'clade Ib' strain of mpox in Europe signals the need for improved testing and treatment, says a leading testing expert.

A new Government report – UK Measures of National Wellbeing – gives us a snapshot of the state of the nation. It seems we are all getting more anxious and gloomier about the society we live in and our healthcare system.

The NHS is continuing to appeal for people with O-type blood to donate, after it declared an Amber alert for group O red cells, positive and negative, last week. The Amber alert means shortages are impacting on clinical activities.