Vinnie Jones shows how hard and fast Hands-only CPR to Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees can help save the life of someone who has had a cardiac arrest. The Hollywood hardman is starring in a British Heart Foundation TV advert urging more people to carry out CPR in a medical emergency.

Patients should be asked about their diet, smoking and drinking habits every time they see a health professional according to radical proposals from the government’s NHS advisers to tackle soaring rates of obesity, cancer and alcohol misuse. The NHS Future Forum wants health staff to routinely talk to patients about their lifestyles, even when they [...]

Magnetic resonance imaging MRI scans should be used to assess patients with suspected heart disease, rather than standard checks, experts say.A University of Leeds study of 750 people found MRI was better at detecting the condition, and of ruling it out in unaffected patients.MRI was also non-invasive and did not use radiation, unlike the usual [...]

The government is urging the NHS to follow an innovative model of integration between GPs and other healthcare professionals which is helping to improve care for people with long-term conditions. Health secretary Andrew Lansley is today meeting with clinicians in Kirklees in West Yorkshire to discuss their joined-up approach of sharing information on patients’ clinical [...]

H1N1 swine flu attacks the respiratory system in a more sustained way than the standard seasonal virus, research in animals shows

Night shift work is strenuous, but the potential health problems, such as obesity and cardiovascular disease, may be much bigger

MIT researchers have explained why two mutations in the H1N1 avian flu virus were critical for viral transmission in humans during the 1918 pandemic

The FDA advisory panel recommended banning Vicodin and Percocet because they contain acetaminophen, which can cause liver damage if taken at higher-than-recommended dose

EMS should have adequate time in the field to give high-quality CPR and other resuscitation efforts before transporting cardiac arrest patients

Factors that lead to emergency department overcrowdings, ambulance diversions and other incidents that endanger patient safety have been revealed