A new £25m NHS centre providing MRI, CT, ultrasound as well as respiratory and cardiology testing has opened in Slough. The Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC), based at Upton Hospital, is open seven ...

Grail’s shares plummeted more than 45% after-hours Thursday as the medtech revealed a major National Health Service (NHS) trial of its Galleri test missed its primary endpoint.  | Grail’s shares ...

Women in England who have consistently missed their cervical screening appointments will soon be offered the option of performing DIY tests at home, in a significant move aimed at boosting uptake and ...

The UK National Health Service (NHS) England has rolled out a new liquid biopsy test intended to fast-track lung cancer patients to receive targeted therapy. Liquid biopsy testing works by detecting ...

Millions across the UK are being urged to come forward for an NHS test that takes only a few minutes but could help save ...

Despite efforts by test maker Grail to highlight outcomes the company considers positive, some experts are warning against using the Galleri test and others like it.

Midwife Sarah Joy Owen explains how the day 5 heel prick works, what conditions it screens for and what happens if further ...

Current NHS policy of restricting cancer gene testing could be leading to some people carrying inherited genetic changes linked to cancer being missed, a small study found. Investigators at The ...

The company behind the test said there were positive signs that some of the most aggressive cancers could be prevented.

Writer Nick Harding has a blood test at a GFCT prostate cancer screening event at the Nelson Club in Warwick - Andrew Fox A few things are guaranteed to get men off the sofa and out the house.

Hundreds of potential kidney donors of Black African and Black Caribbean heritage in the UK can now get a simple blood test to help reduce the risk of kidney failure. The test is part of national ...