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We have the tools to prepare, but post-Covid fatigue and a lack of political will mean they aren’t being used, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at Edinburgh University

One third of people with the condition die within a year of diagnosis, but recognising the symptoms early can help you get the care and support you need

Motor Neurone Disease affects up to 5,000 adults in the UK and has a number of common symptoms which might be easily dismissed by some Brits

The Tamil Nadu government’s flagship scheme Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam (MTM) may be drawn up on a door-to-door screening model for early detection and treatment of non communicable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, but health officials have now raised a key necessity that needs to be put in place, to…

Sudden strong tastes that last for days could signify illnesses from kidney disease and diabetes to gall bladder problems

Madison, 25, has now had a huge sun tattooed on her head as a message to her cancer

The disease kills a third of people within a year and more than half within two years of diagnosis - prompting one Manchester firefighter to do something about it

It’s estimated coeliac disease affects 1.4% of the world’s population – a staggering 112,000,000 people or so in total.

The discovery of a gene variant that protects against an early, insidious form of Alzheimer's could lead to new treatments for the disease.