Patients

These are the red flag breast cancer symptoms you should look out for.

Red flag signs and symptoms of breast cancer that you shouldn't ignore

Joanna Newark, 52, encourages everyone to incorporate a daily breast self-exam into their routines.

'My chemo was so strong the nurse was gowned up like a spaceman'

A ‘real demand-capacity gap’ in nursing home places for people requiring dementia care is the ‘overwhelming reason’ for delayed discharges from the South West Acute Hospital (SWAH) and Altnagelvin, Neil Guckian has said.

‘Capacity gap’ in dementia places ‘overwhelming reason’ for delayed discharges

People are forgoing operations because they can’t afford to take time off work to undergo procedures, Chief Executive Neil Guckian has suggested.

Patients forgoing operations because they can’t afford to take time off work

The new blood test can remove barriers to an early diagnosis

Ad Feature Blood test which can help detect early Alzheimer’s launches in the UK

SDLP Councillor Rory Farrell. DER1319GS-031

Some patients waiting years for Occupational Therapy

Aslı Tarcan Clinic is a leading destination for anyone considering hair transplant procedure in Turkey

Ad Feature Asli Tarcan Clinic: A pioneer centre for hair transplantation

The case definition for monkeypox has been updated by UK health officials to include new symptoms to look out for

Mpox cases UK: Where did it come from and how does it spread?

Pharmacist shares how to spot the difference between sore throat, strep and Covid symptoms.

Is it Covid, strep or a sore throat? Worrying symptoms to look out for

Oxford Medical Products announces positive results in weight-loss clinical trial

Ad Feature Company announces positive results in weight-loss clinical trial

The average waiting time for an urgent endometriosis patient in the Western Trust is over half a year, the Health Minister Mikes Nesbitt has confirmed.

Half a year wait for urgent endometriosis patients in the Western Trust

Altnagelvin A&E consultant Dr. Sandy Nelson

Altnagelvin ED 'under extreme pressure' & 'completely overflowing' with patients

The average time patients are waiting for an urgent outpatient appointment at every hospital trust in Northern Ireland.

Average time patients in NI wait for an urgent outpatient appointment

Letterkenny University Hospital.

Letterkenny University Hospital postpones some procedures amid pressures in ED

There are over 3 million posts about ADHD on TikTok. (Photo: cottonbro studio/Pexels)

The real symptoms of ADHD and how to spot 'misleading' content

Lecanemab is designed to target and clear a protein called amyloid from patient’s brains (Photo: Adobe)

Lecanemab UK: what is it and how much does Alzheimer's drug cost?
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Sarah McCann

These 8 over-the-counter drug interactions that can make you ill (Photo: Pexel, Etatics Inc)

The 8 over-the-counter drug interactions that can make you ill

Accessing an NHS dentist is a challenge right now. (Photo: Pexels, Cedric Fauntleroy)

NHS dentist: How many dentists are accepting NHS patients?

Expert reveals why we shouldn't rely on voice assistants for medical advice. (Photo: Pexels, Jonathan Borba)

Tech expert warns against using voice assistants for medical advice

Almost a quarter of people do not know the difference between a physicians associate and a doctor a new poll has discovered. (Photo: Pexel/Etatics Inc)

What is the difference between a physician associate and a doctor?

There are lots of things that can make us more vulnerable to sunshine. (Photo: Pexel, Maggie Zhan)

'I'm a doctor - these 5 things mean you're more at risk of sunburn'

A Greece travel warning has been issued as there has been a surge in Covid hospitalisations in the country due to an outbreak of the new FLiRT variant of the virus. (Photo: Getty Images)

Warning for holidaymakers after Covid outbreak in travel hotspot

An estimated 10 million people in the UK live with headaches everyday. (Photo: Pexels/Andrea Piacquadio)

I'm a pharmacist - these are the five different types of headaches

GP practises and pharmacies across the UK have been caught up in the global IT outage (Photo: Pexel, Pixabay)

GPs and pharmacies across UK hit by CrowdStrike outage

Covid tests are in demand as cases of the new Covid variant are on the rise. (Photo: ManuPadilla - stock.adobe.com)

Here is where you can get Covid tests as cases of new variant rise

30% of Brits would back defaulted plant-based menu in NHS hospitals

Junior doctors on strike at Altnagelvin in March.

Disruption expected in Derry as junior doctors get set for 48 hour strike
Junior doctors are set to go on strike from Thursday to Saturday this week with ‘widespread disruption’ to normal services anticipated by the health authorities.
Kevin Mullan

Junior doctors striking for increased pay at Altnagelvin in March.

‘Significant disruption’ expected as junior doctors stage strike action in Derry

Low numbers of doctors booking shifts at the Strabane GP-out-of-hours base means patients have to travel to Derry or Omagh during weekdays to be seen.

Low number of docs at Strabane base means patients have to go to Derry

The lower car park at Altnagelvin Hospital.

Disruption possible at hospital car parks, says Department of Health

23 year old film director Zoe Carlin.

'Mortifying': Derry film director describes hospital ordeal

UK holidaymakers have been issued a travel warning for the Caribbean, parts of Africa, Central and South America as yellow fever is on the rise. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Killer disease hits tourist hotspots

The North West Cancer Centre at Altnagelvin Hospital. DER2126GS - 131

1353 RoI cancer patients have been treated at Derry’s North West Cancer Centre

Ad Feature Marie Curie’s Great Daffodil Appeal returns to SPAR stores

How it might once have looked

Derry's Waterside Hospital staff to hold first ever reunion

Altnagelvin

WHSCT: Some health services will be unavailable with impacts felt into next week

Altnagelvin Hospital.

Altnagelvin Hospital 'under severe pressure'

Professor Ghassan Abu-Sittah addresses journalists in London

'Operating hospital ceiling fell on us' - 43 days as a surgeon in Gaza

There are currently 7.75m people on NHS waiting lists across the country.

NHS waiting lists could reach 8m by next summer

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. Credit: Getty

Labour Party vows to turn NHS "on its head" with fundamental reform

Medical staff wearing FFP3 face masks. Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

NHS 'structural racism' led to staff not being heard on PPE

Chief Medical Officer Dr Michael McBride during a previous daily media broadcast at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, in Belfast. Kelvin Boyes.

2023 Covid and flu vaccinations roll out to start

Emergency services at the scene of a coach crash on the M53 motorway, between junction 5 at Ellesmere Port and junction 4 at Bebbington.

Two dead in Liverpool M53 bus crash

Neuralink was co-founded by Elon Musk in 2016 (image: Adobe)

Musk's Neuralink approved to recruit humans for a brain implant

Millions to miss out on Covid booster as NHS slashes eligibility

39% of children can't see a dentist - and it's worse for adults

Wegovy is now available on the NHS

Weight-loss injection Wegovy now available on the NHS

Shingles

Shingles vaccine to be rolled out this September

Celebrating the First Birthday of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Follow up Clinic at Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry

Altnagelvin Hospital’s ICU Follow Up Clinic celebrates first birthday

Deer broke into a hospital in Devon

Watch the moment wild deer break entry into hospital & shock patients

Susan Morrison ‘showed solidarity’ with junior doctors

Junior doctors in England start their 5 day walkout

Bridge Street Medical Centre. (Google Earth)

New Bridge Street GP contractor appointed

Wegovy: What is the weight loss jab which GPs will offer on NHS

Warning as most common day to have severe heart attack revealed

Foyle MP Colum Eastwood.

Dismay as take-over plan falls through