Research has stated that overweight Britons are still not making an attempt to lose extra pounds despite knowing that their weight can be of a problem to them.

Cancer Research UK has said that the problems of being overweight are recognized by about two-thirds of overweight people but no step is taken by them to do something about it.

The charity said that the number of cancers linked to weight, such as kidney and womb cancers, is increasing rapidly.

In the Race for Life that took place on Thursday, four sisters who beat cancer after losing their mum to the disease took part.

The sisters have been identified as Carole Bennett, 47, Jane McCaffrey, 44, Susan Pyle, 43, and Ellen Ferrie, 38. When they were diagnosed with breast cancer they were all under 40 and in Dundee they took a five km course.

Their mother, 58-year-old Victoria had died due to ovarian cancer and the sisters took part for their mum.

According to health leaders, when it is about change in the NHS, politicians need to be braver with special consideration to closure of services.

According to Mike Farrar, of the NHS Confederation, which represents managers, when we talk about the NHS, there has been a severe failure.

Short-term electoral interests are being put ahead by politicians, he added. He stated that patients could suffer if this was not addressed with immediate effect and there can be real financial difficulty for the health services.

New Jersey-based college Seton Hall will issue every member of the incoming Class of 2016 a new Nokia Lumia 900 smartphone through its Mobile Computing initiative.

This is not going to be the first time when Seton Hall will give out mobile devices to its students. Previously in 2008-09 and 2009-10, the college issued Nokia smartphones and Amazon Kindle tablets to its students, though in much smaller quantities.

Neither Seton Hall not the manufacturer revealed the terms of the deal, but it seems to be a result of Seton Hall’s affiliation with both Nokia and Microsoft.

According to a takeaway boss, Georgia Davis, Britain's fattest teenager could gulp about eight kebabs at a time.

About £5,000 a year was spent by Georgia on Albert Altian's fast food shop and she became a 63 stone after doing so.

Thrice a week, Georgia ordered about seven kebabs that were £4.90 each and had eight ounces of lamb and she also used to guzzle about two 1.5 liter bottles of coke.

According to Albert, who delivered to Georgia's home near his takeaway in Aberdare, South Wales, said, "It's a ridiculous amount."

A new report has stated that earlier treatment can prevent the deaths of around one in five patients who suffered a cardiac arrest after they were admitted to hospital.

Medical staff was not able to figure out warning signs of about 99 people who could have suffered from a cardiac arrest, as seen in a study of 550 patients across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

According to a National Audit Office report, the recommended levels of care was given to only about six per cent of diabetes sufferers in certain regions while in the highest-achieving primary care trusts the care was given to 69 per cent.

The Department of Health recommends nine basic tests and Mid Essex and Swindon PCTs gave these tests to less than nine per cent of sufferers making them the biggest offenders.

The NHS is letting down people who have diabetes as recommended standard of care is not being provided by the NHS, a report has stated.

A private firm that helped save an NHS hospital from being closed is now facing accusations that it is putting profits before patients.

A deal has been signed by Circle, which runs Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Cambridgeshire, and the deal says that the first £2million that the trust annually makes will be kept by the firm.

The hospital has a debt of about £40million and critics feel that this money should be used for paying this debt or should be used to make treatments and services better.