Stockport great grandmother first person in the world to join new glaucoma study
A 79-year-old great grandmother from Stockport has become the first person in the world to join a new study of
I can’t burp: meet the Manchester doctor who could cure me
A life without burping might sound idyllic, but the accompanying pain and discomfort is nothing of the sort. No-burp syndrome
The world’s worst humanitarian crisis, and the North West’s efforts to help
A short while before Christmas, black smoke rushed through the shattered windows of the Al-Sabeen Hospital in Sana’a, Yemen’s capital.
Men urged to check their prostate cancer risk as North West referrals plunge during COVID-19
North west prostate cancer referrals plummeted by 25% during the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting serious concern over thousands of ‘missing men’
‘Faith is my anchor, it kept me from drowning’: Manchester shares stories for World Mental Health Day
Today is World Mental Health Day and, with one in four adults suffering from some form of mental illness, now is the time to start talking about it.
Health campaigners hail plans for £6bn NHS budget control for Manchester
Campaigners have welcomed plans for control of the £6billion NHS budget in Greater Manchester to be handed over to city council and health leaders.
Devil-obsessed doctor struck off for performing exorcism on mum instead of medicine
A family doctor who performed an exorcism on a seriously ill woman, promising her that God could ‘heal’ her without medication was struck off at a Manchester tribunal today, after being branded a risk to all patients.
Regular heartburn ‘could be’ stomach cancer – sufferers urged to see doctor
Shocking findings show that heartburn occurring regularly can be a sign of stomach cancer, which can be fatal if diagnosed too late – sufferers are being urged to visit their doctors as part of a new campaign by health experts.
Shipman victim families betrayed by government, says GMP chief Tony Lloyd
Tony Lloyd, Greater Manchester’s Police and Crime Commissioner, hit out at the government’s failure to implement promised changes in the wake of the Shipman murders during their ‘botched’ reorganisation of the NHS.
‘God is your surgeon’: Christian doctor performed exorcism, tribunal hears
A Christian family doctor performs an exorcism on a seriously ill patient after promising he can ‘heal’ her without medication, a Manchester medical tribunal hears.
Suspended: ‘Cavalier’ plastic surgeon who taught nurses to illegally administer Botox
A Harley Street plastic surgeon is condemned for his ‘flippant, cavalier and deplorable’ attitude by a Manchester medical panel yesterday as he is suspended for giving tips to nurses on how to illegally administer Botox to patients.