The Mercury prize winner hasn’t been able to go home since falling ill last summer. In his only interview, he opens up about the ‘poignancy’ of finally releasing the new album his stroke shelvedAt the end of July 2025, Michael...
Read MoreI was a healthy 34-year-old when a mass of blood vessels ruptured close to my brain. It took three neurosurgeons and a risky 16-hour operation to fix meOn a Sunday in May 2017, I was at the gym and using a chest press when there...
Read MoreChecks at pharmacies for people aged 40 to 84 are aimed at identifying those at risk of heart attack or strokeThe NHS in England is to offer free finger-prick blood tests for cholesterol on the high street for the first time...
Read MoreThe neurologist Orlando Swayne doesn’t suggest everyone can recover. But he does argue that early, targeted and intense therapy can sometimes bring about life-changing improvements – and we have a moral obligation to provide...
Read MoreWhy it is so dangerous, how it is diagnosed and how to help prevent itHigh blood pressure was long considered a health problem of middle age, but rates are increasing in children and adolescents, with doctors reporting a surge...
Read MoreExclusive: Identifying teenagers at risk could help prevent organ damage, strokes and heart attacks in early adulthood, doctors sayLeading doctors have called for a national UK programme to monitor schoolchildren for high blood...
Read MoreWhen Graham Russell set out for a dip in powerful wintry surf, he had no idea the beach where he had helped save lives as a surf lifesaver would become the place where his own was changedIt was an exhilarating day in every...
Read MoreA weak grip goes hand in hand with higher risk of heart attack and stroke, and is linked to everything from diabetes and obesity to muscle loss. Here’s what to do about itAnyone who has ever dropped their phone in the toilet –...
Read MoreI was riding high as a music journalist with a new book in the shops when I had what I thought was a migraine. In fact, it was a burst aneurysm and I needed emergency surgery. Two years into my recovery, can I learn how to find...
Read MoreMedications such as Ozempic have transformed obesity treatment and are now leading a healthcare revolutionObesity was once medicine’s Cinderella subject with some questioning whether the condition should even be viewed as a...
Read MoreI was told my husband would never talk again, while physiotherapy was dismissed entirely. My son was failed in similar ways, but for the brilliance of some medical staff who refuse to believe a stroke is the endOn the night...
Read MoreKits could allow ambulance crews to identify patients with blood clots in their brain, allowing for quicker treatmentHow lateral flow tests are becoming a diagnostic gamechangerAmbulance crews in Cambridgeshire are piloting the...
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