Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Getty Images/iStockphoto) The NHS is urging millions of people in England who have been sent a home testing kit for bowel cancer ...

A ‘fit and healthy’ father says taking a bowel cancer screening test that dropped on his doorstep was like a “winning lottery ticket” after it saved his life. Steve Hollington, 58, was diagnosed with ...

A personal trainer has shared how a simple NHS test saved his life. Ivan Corsby thought he was "fit and healthy" but actually he was living with the early stages of bowel cancer. In a message posted ...

Health authorities are encouraging the public to make use of a free, 'simple' home testing kit for a virus that often shows no symptoms until it has inflicted 'serious damage'. The UK Health Security ...

Scotland pilots self-sampling HPV kits for women over 30 in NHS Ayrshire, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, and Lothian, aiming to boost cervical ...

National awareness days and months play an important role in highlighting the quieter risk signs we may forget to watch out ...

Women in England who have consistently missed their cervical screening appointments will soon be offered the option of performing DIY tests at home, in a significant move aimed at boosting uptake and ...

At-home cervical screening kits could potentially be rolled out in England from next year to help meet the goal of eliminating cervical cancer by 2040, according to a new health service blueprint. NHS ...