DHSC Media Team

First children diagnosed through 100,000 Genomes Project

DHSC Media Team, 11 January 2016 - Genomics

The first children to receive a genetic diagnosis through the Government backed 100,000 Genomes Project have been given their results at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), part of the North Thames Genomic Medical Centre (NTGMC).

Drinking any alcohol raises risk of cancer, warn UK Chief Medical Officers

DHSC Media Team, 11 January 2016 - Alcohol, Cancer, Chief Medical Officer, Public Health

Dame Sally Davies and fellow UK Chief Medical Officers have published new guidelines for alcohol consumption and warn that drinking any level of alcohol raises the risk of a range of cancers.