NHS guidelines for genetic testing will miss half of the population that is carrying inherited genetic traits linked to cancer, a new study warns. The study assessed patients who had received a test ...

Individuals with Jewish ancestry are six times more likely to carry a genetic fault The NHS has announced the launch of a new BRCA gene testing programme to identify cancer risk early in individuals ...

NHS guidelines for gene testing miss half of people carrying inherited genetic changes linked to cancer, a new study reports. Scientists assessed patients who received testing in the private sector to ...

OXFORD, UK / ACCESSWIRE / April 19, 2023 / Digital clinical diagnostics and diabetes home testing provider Digostics and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) announced today a ...

NHS staff have been told they cannot come into work five days after testing positive for Covid-19 until they receive two negative tests, despite the government ending Covid-19 restrictions for the ...

Non-urgent blood testing in England and Wales is set to fully resume next month after it was scaled back due to a lack of vials. In a memo sent to staff in August, the NHS told doctors to slow down ...

Although free testing will continue to be available for patients and their doctors and nurses, ancillary staff and visitors are not eligible (Getty) Hospital trusts fear the removal of mass free Covid ...

The UK Health Security Agency has issued a reminder to people urging them to check their HIV status through free tests and treatment on the NHS. HIV, or the human immunodeficiency virus, attacks a ...

Dementia sufferers may go without revolutionary new drugs that can slow symptoms because NHS testing is not good enough, a leading charity warned yesterday. Due to a shortage of expensive brain ...

The team, from the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London, said their findings present "a strong case" for the NHS to give more patients access to gene testing. Professor Kristian Helin, chief ...