Adults who have never married face significantly higher rates of cancer than their married, divorced, or widowed peers, according to a major new analysis of more than four million US…
Author: Sophie Hargreaves
Sophie Hargreaves
Health Correspondent
Sophie Hargreaves covers medical research, new treatments, disease outbreaks and prevention for Health News Daily. She holds a Master's degree in Health Sciences from the University of Leeds and has spent several years translating complex medical science into clear, accessible reporting for a general audience. Sophie focuses on the latest clinical trials, NICE and MHRA approvals, vaccination programmes and emerging health threats, always with an eye on what these developments mean for people in the UK.
· MSc Health Sciences (University of Leeds), science communication volunteer, medical research literacy
· Clinical trials and drug approvals (NICE, MHRA), cancer screening programmes, vaccination and outbreak response, women's health (endometriosis, PCOS, menopause), weight management treatments, AI in diagnostics
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A young man who noticed alarming changes to his body was repeatedly told his age made cancer impossible, a dismissal that allowed a rare and aggressive disease to take hold.…
Bowel cancer, a disease long associated with older age, is now being diagnosed with increasing frequency in adults under the age of 30, marking a significant and concerning shift in…
An estimated half a million people in the UK are living with a sexually transmitted infection that the overwhelming majority have never heard of, public health experts have warned. The…
The UK government’s decision to terminate its funding for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) after 2026 threatens to undermine decades of progress against a disease that can cause lifelong…
High-dose influenza vaccinations have been linked to a dramatic 55% reduction in the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease in adults aged 65 and over, according to a major new study.…