The MARIE Curie Cancer Care charity is looking for volunteers to take part in its new fundraising initiative in March.

The charity is urging people in Gloucestershire to volunteer for the Great Daffodil Appeal in March. The funds raised will be used for paying nurses who provide care to terminally ill people in their homes.

The charity organizes the appeal, in which volunteers on the streets ask people to wear a daffodil in exchange of a donation, every year.

Researchers from Oxford University and St George's, University of London and scientists from Australia, Europe and America have found in a link between the gentic makeup and stroke.

The researchers found that a gene called HDAC9 can affect the changes of suffering from the condition. The genetic structure changes on about ten per cent of all human chromosomes and people who have a copy of a variant each from their mother and father have twice the risk than others of stroke.

Cancer Organization from around the world have marked the World Cancer Day, an event aimed at promoting awareness of cancer and to encourage early prevention, detection and treatment.

The Union for International Cancer Control started the World Cancer Day that is now celebrated on 4 February and is a common event for organizations working in the field from around the world to come together for a common cause.

According to a new report, majority of the lung cancer patients in UAE smoke cigarettes or shisha and the only way to address the issue is to quit the habit.

A report by the Centre for Arab Genomic Studies of Dubai on World Cancer Day on Saturday showed that cancer is the third largest cause of deaths in the UAE. It also found that the disease causes more deaths than heart disease or traffic accidents.

The chief medical officer of Scotland, Sir Harry Burns has sad that all the children aged between six months and five years must be given vitamin D drops on a daily basis.

Sir Harry also said that pregnant women should take the vitamin daily to protect themselves from bone disease and other illnesses. He has written to the health professionals outlining the risks of vitamin D deficiency among children and women.

Health experts have found that different blood pressure in separate arms are linked to risks of heart disease.

Cardiologist Oscar Garfein have said that doctors usually check their patients' blood pressure incorrectly and this puts them at risks. It is found that doctors should take blood pressure readings from both of his patients' arms to find out risks of heart disease.

According to a new study, the measures to reduce the rates of suicides in England and Wales in the past one decade have been successful.

The study showed very little evidence that showed that the measures have succeeded. The researchers found that continuous community crisis teams resulted in 200-300 fewer deaths from suicide every year.

According to a new study, about half of family doctors are suffering from burnout because of stress and male doctors are at a higher risk of burnout than their female counterparts.

Researchers found that doctors who work in group practices and those who repeatedly see the same patients were at a higher risk of burnout. The researchers used the Maslach Burnout Inventory to access 564 out of 789 eligible GPs working in Essex in one of the largest studies of its kind in the UK.

Atos has bagged a £74m contract for integrated desktop services from the Department of Health (DH).

Atos will be responsible for about 10,000 desktops and will offer service including desktop support, network services and collaboration tools along with a new datacentre infrastructure. The deal ranging five years will cover the central department and also its Arms Length Bodies including the Care Quality Commission.

According to a new study, more than half of those lighting a cigarette a day hide their dirty habit from friends and family and are thus secret smokers.

The Co-operative Pharmacy poll found that several people have become secret smokers due to reasons like social stigma as well as the ban that was imposed in 2007. About 57% of those who smoke hide their habits from others.

A diner in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Jester's Diner is offering a special Kidz Breakfast that weighs as much as a baby.

The 9lbs breakfast includes 12 bacon rashers, 12 sausages, four slices of black pudding and an eight-egg cheese and potato omelette. The meal adding upto 6,000-calorie has been criticized as bad for health.

A charity is organizing an event in which cyclists will ride from Edinburgh to Dublin in three days to help raise money for the Marie Curie Cancer Care.

The organizers aim to raise up to £100,000 for the cancer charity. The 220-mile cycle ride will be completed in three days. The organizers are inviting up to 60 people for participating in the event that is set to begin on 12 July.

Peter Box, the leader of the Wakefield Council has said that the former chief of Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust was "made a scapegoat" for the financial mess of the trust.

Julia Squire, who worked as the chief executive of the troubled Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust have resigned and will now work at a position in the NHS Confederation. Box had called for more action to restore public trust in the hospital.

According to a couple of studies, taking Avastin before undergoing a breast cancer surgery could help reduce the risks to the patients significantly as it shrink tumors and reduce the chance of recurrence in patients.

Avastin is suited in women with less common but more aggressive forms of breast cancer, said the two studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday. The studies indicated that the medicine would be helpful for patients with earlier stages of breast cancer before undergoing surgery.

US’s first lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack have announced an overhaul to the country’s the school lunch program, following the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.

The overhaul, which will be the first major nutritional change in more than 15 years, would result in meals with less sodium, more whole grains and a wider selection of fruits and vegetables.

A man in Chicago is now recovering after an operation to remove a three-and-a-half inch nail from his head. The man spent an entire day with the nail, complaining only of severe headache and nausea.

32-year-old Dante Autullo fired the nail from a gun while he was working in his house. He believed that the nail had just missed his head and did not realize that it was in fact in hi brain.

The British Medical Association (BMA) has asked the UK government to reconsider it plans to change pension plan if doctors in the country.

The members of the British Medical Association (BMA) voted overwhelmingly against the government’s plans in a poll organised by the association to take a decision on the proposed changes. The likely industrial action will be the first in about four decades.

The doctors in the UK are warning of an industrial action to protest after they voted overwhelmingly against changes proposed by the government to their pension plans.

The members of the British Medical Association (BMA) voted overwhelmingly against the government’s plans in a poll organised by the association to take a decision on the proposed changes. The likely industrial action will be the first in about four decades.

UK leaders from various parties are set to discuss issues relating to overhauling the care delivery and support system for the elderly and disabled in England.

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley and care services minister Paul Burstow will hold discussions with the Labour health team on Tuesday. Campaigners across England are urging politicians to being a major change in the system.

Experts have found that computer games involving exercises, also called exergames among gamers, could help avoid dementia in regular players.

The new study found that the games that combine physical exercise with interactive video game features, help improving mental and physical powers of the payers. People get attracted to such games with features like three-dimensional scenery and competition are likely to play often.