Healthcare

A caring and supportive family is seen as the best environment for young people to experience mental well-being, new research reveals today.

Two thirds of children know somebody affected by cancer, and nearly half have had a family member with the disease, yet they still lack understanding about cancer, its causes and their own relative risk. This is according to research published today by MORI for Macmillan Cancer Relief, to launch the charity's schools awareness programme Cancer Talk.

A MORI poll on cot death has revealed an alarming lack of awareness of the measures which should be taken to help prevent cot death.

Report predicting big increases in the health needs of older people in Scotland, as well as examining old people's views of teh services NHS Scotland provides

1 in 5 smokers (22%) aged between 15-54 years suffer from a persistent 'smokers' cough and yet the majority (75%) do not realise it could be an early warning sign of a devastating lung disease - and over 4 in 5 hadn't visited their GP about it, according to a major new survey released by the British Thoracic Society COPD Consortium.

Almost two thirds of voters support Gordon Brown's plan to raise taxes to fund the NHS and other public services - but only a third do so if those services are provided by the private sector, according to a new opinion poll.

Despite 1 in 3 (36%) people identifying that medical research has had more impact on people's lives than any other development over the last 50 years, only 7% wanted to see the greatest medical advances over the next 50 years made into conditions relating to pregnancy and birth. This would include such complications as premature birth.

Survey of GB adults examining attitudes towards anaesthesia.

Prescription charges are preventing many poorer people with chronic health problems getting the treatment they need, a new report from the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux (NACAB) says today.