Starting in October 2026, all newborns in England will be routinely screened for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare but serious muscle-wasting disease. This screening program is set to begin three months earlier than …
Healthcare professionals in Walsall are raising alarms over the low uptake of bowel cancer screening, which could be costing lives. Despite the simplicity and potential life-saving benefits of these tests, fewer than 50% of …
Simeon Greene, a 60-year-old from Wolverhampton, has endured unimaginable loss—three of his brothers succumbed to prostate cancer, a disease he also survived. Delving deeper into his family history, Simeon discovered that an …
A pioneering study conducted in Birmingham has been hailed as a ‘game changer’ in the early detection of type 1 diabetes among children. The Early Surveillance for Autoimmune Diabetes (Elsa) trial, led by the University of …