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A football club in the Isle of Lewis has started turning an overgrown area into a new training pitch with funding from NHS Western Isles. Carloway Football Club said the green space, next to its main pitch, would be used for team exercises and community activities. The health board said £22,000 in capital grant funding…

Michelle RobertsDigital health editor Diabetes UK Thanks to the study, Imogen, who is 12, is now receiving medication to help delay her diabetes All UK children could be offered screening for type 1 diabetes using a simple finger-prick blood test, say researchers who have been running a large study. Currently, many young people go undiagnosed…

Next week’s strike by resident doctors in England may be averted after ministers offered the British Medical Association a fresh deal. The doctors’ union has agreed to put the offer to members over the coming days – if they support it, the five-day walkout starting on Wednesday 17 December could be called off. The offer…

Lucio Vasquez/Houston Public Media Healthcare costs were among the biggest barriers to services in Fort Bend, a recent survey found. Access to mental health services and prenatal care are among the top barriers facing Fort Bend County residents. That’s according to a recent study conducted by Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and the…

Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondent Reuters Prince William says he wants to take action on “the heartbreaking and preventable tragedy of suicide” The Prince of Wales was visibly moved as he heard first hand about the devastating impact of suicide, having to pause during a conversation with Rhian Mannings, whose husband took his own life. Rhian has…