Interactions with friends and family may keep us healthy because they boost our immune system and reduce our risk of diseases such as heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes, new research suggests.

Healthcare professionals across Leicestershire are being offered a unique opportunity to enhance their careers and drive sustainability through North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College’s new Skills Bootcamp.

The countdown is on for the Obesity & Weight Management Alliance Conference, with just eight weeks until one of the most important events for UK healthcare professionals tackling the nation’s obesity crisis.

A Wolverhampton cardiology team has brought its improvements to national attention, highlighting how it has managed to improve waiting times for suspected heart failure patients.

The Obesity & Weight Management Alliance is thrilled to reveal the expert speaker line-up for its 2025 national conference, a must attend event for healthcare professionals dedicated to tackling obesity.

The Obesity & Weight Management Alliance is calling on registered healthcare professionals to join its growing network and gain access to free educational resources, events, and updates on the latest best practices in obesity management.

Tens of thousands of people who have a stroke could be diagnosed and treated sooner as new data found that the average time between onset of first symptoms and a 999 call being made was nearly an hour and a half.  

Researchers from the University of Leicester have developed a web-based app to provide patients living with Chronic Kidney Disease information and guidance on how best to look after themselves.

Wiltshire Health and Care's Lead Community Clinical Diabetes Specialist Nurse, Beth Kelly, has been awarded the prestigious Insulin Safety Week Excellence Award, part of the QiC Diabetes awards programme.

Hull University Teaching Hospitals, part of Humber Health Partnership, has been announced the winner of the Hypo Awareness Week Excellence Award, part of the QiC Diabetes awards programme.

Researchers at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are supporting an international study looking at whether a new drug could help reduce the risk of strokes reoccurring in patients.

Clinicians at Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are using AI technology to help deliver faster and more accurate diagnoses of strokes.

The Stoneygate Trust and the University of Leicester are providing significant funding to turbocharge a number of key kidney research initiatives by renal experts.

The latest EDFN webinar will share guidance and further insights into diabetes footcare in dark skin tones, in light of a new handbook from Diabetes Africa.

A Canterbury stroke patient who features in an NHS film about the use of Artificial Intelligence in urgent stroke treatment, has been speaking about the experience and care which ‘has given me a lifeline’.

Heart experts at the University of Leicester have been awarded £400,000 to advance their work on a technique to assess a patient’s risk of sudden cardiac death.

A University of Dundee study has discovered the potential for Artificial Intelligence to transform care for heart failure patients.

A service helping stroke survivors recover faster at home has seen waiting times slashed from six weeks to eight days.

Registrations are now open for the highly anticipated Obesity & Weight Management Alliance 2025 conference.

The highly anticipated Hypo Awareness Week returns next month, aiming to raise vital awareness about hypoglycaemia among healthcare professionals in the UK and Ireland.