She has been refused breast reduction surgery on the NHS A mum is desperate for surgery to reduce her 36M breasts which are so heavy she struggled to get out of bed in the morning. Melissa Ashcroft, 30, has suffered with extreme back pain since she went through puberty. It takes her an hour to […]

4 months ago

The doctor was absent for a period of eight minutes A doctor left a patient under anaesthetic on an operating table so they could go and have sex with a nurse in another room, according to a medical tribunal that was first reported on by the BBC. The doctor involved, who has been named as […]

6 months ago

It is not what you think A study has revealed what the worst type of pain you could feel is and it is not what you think. It has long been thought that childbirth is the worst type of pain you could feel, after all you are pushing an entire human out of your body […]

1 year ago

“It’s all flooding back like it was yesterday.” A new Covid drama from ITV has left viewers reeling after it shows the hardships of frontline hospital workers faced during the pandemic. The three-part series, called Breathtaking, stars Joanne Froggatt as Dr Abbey Henderson. Based off a novel of the same name written by real-life doctor […]

2 years ago

Power naps could be the key to fixing the problem. Experts have warned that sleep deprived medical staff pose as much of a risk on roads as drunk drivers and have called for key changes to be made to hospital shifts in order to fix the issue. As explained at a European medical conference last […]

4 years ago

Washing your hands is a common and normal thing. We all wash our hands and we all think we’re doing it correctly. Some soap, some water and then dry them off. But are we actually doing it correctly? With the outbreak of the coronavirus around the world, personal hygiene is more important than ever, and […]

6 years ago