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A skin cancer patient is urging people to wear sun cream and cover up as new figures show almost half of people in the UK have sunburn at least once a year. Research from charity Melanoma Focus also ...
The new artificial intelligence (AI) tool, DERM (Deep Ensemble for Recognition of Malignancy), works by analysing images of moles or skin lesions to see whether they are potentially cancerous.
It follows the findings of Leeds University research, featured in the BBC Panorama investigation The Truth About Baby Food.
One in eight secondary school teachers report that a pupil committed sexual assault against another child in the past term, poll suggests.
A woman who suffered a stroke at the age of 24 has described how she was able to sing before she could speak during her recovery. Summer Clarke, now 26, was given a 10% chance to live, with her family ...
The UK’s children’s commissioners have called for a wholesale smacking ban, describing the current situation where there is a legal defence in some nations as “outdated and morally repugnant”. Wales ...
Thursday is expected to be the hottest day of the year so far, with forecasters predicting temperatures could hit 30C at the earliest point on record. The UK could face the warmest start to May on ...
Tens of thousands of council workers will be balloted on strike action from Thursday in what a union is calling the biggest vote of its kind in years. Unison said a vote will be offered to more than ...
Kemi Badenoch has conceded the scale of the Conservative victory when these councils were last up for election in 2021 means losses are likely.
Mistakes on medical records can put people’s health “at risk”, experts have said, as a new poll revealed almost one in four have found errors in their personal documents. Healthwatch England has urged ...