Health

Smokers can extend their lives by quitting even if they wait until their 60s to kick the habit, research has shown.

A love of textiles has helped a Yorkshire mum through her cancer battle and into a growing business. Sophie McCandlish reports.

Five-year-old Imogen Tankard had life-saving heart surgery when she was a baby now she is raising funds. Catherine Scott reports.

A new study is trying to find out why people in Hull are twice as likely to die from lung cancer than the rest of the UK. Catherine Scott reports

A safe haven for people to get medical attention or support on a night out is being launched in Doncaster in an effort to cut A&E numbers.

A YORKSHIRE MP has vowed to lead a national crusade against fuel poverty as two damning reports reveal the scale of the country’s care crisis this winter.

From: Lorna Field, Menston, Ilkley.

Cheddar sales took a £60.9 million hit in the year to August, as Britons abandoned branded cheese for cheaper supermarket labels.

A woman who has asked a court to withdraw life-support treatment for her injured husband broke down in tears as she described his condition.

CONTROVERSIAL restrictions banning obese patients and smokers from surgery in Yorkshire have been backed by NHS chiefs – opening the way for the unprecedented measures to be put in place across the country.

Patient safety is under threat, GPs have said, warning of an emerging care crisis amid rising workloads and increasing staff shortages.

Patient safety is under threat, GPs have said, warning of an emerging care crisis amid rising workloads and increasing staff shortages.

New mothers suffering from postnatal depression or other mental health conditions could be given extra support under a £60 million plan set out by NHS England.

Hundreds of thousands of pounds are owed to Yorkshire and the Humber hospitals in unpaid bills for providing treatment to non-EU nationals in the last year.

A nurse has avoided being struck off for concealing the fact that medic Pauline Cafferkey had a raised temperature before she tested positive for Ebola.

Hospital patients have been called back in for blood tests after a problem was spotted with the cleaning of equipment used to examine them.

Support for young people with special educational needs in North Yorkshire is improving, experts have found, but change is needed when it comes to sharing information with carers.