Browsing: Health

Emer MoreauBusiness reporter, BBC NewsSyreeta SandhuSyreeta Sandhu has spent £15,000 on IVFIVF patients are being warned over unregulated “concierge clinics”…

Progress in vaccinating children against a variety of life-threatening diseases has stalled in the past two decades – and even gone…

The case, brought by a former nurse and the mother of a 16-year-old, claims the watchdog should have imposed conditions…

Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken discuss how to find something when you lose it. Source link

Joe SkirkowskiBBC News, SomersetGetty ImagesGlastonbury kicks off in just two weeksPeople heading to Glastonbury and other festivals are being reminded…

BBCDesigner Nick James, who has lost most of his family to cancer, was first on the trial A study to…

A series of free GP-led online sessions are being held for people in Surrey to learn about women’s health conditions.The…

Content warning: Video contains discussion of suicide.UFC star Paddy Pimblett speaks with BBC Sport’s Sam Harris about dealing with mental…

Marianna SpringSocial media investigations correspondentBBC/Getty ImagesGabriel and Sebastian Shemirani watched with concern as their mother Kate rose to notoriety during…

Getty ImagesFor the first time, at-home HPV tests will be offered to some women in EnglandWomen who have delayed coming…

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced a national investigation into maternity care in England.The “rapid” inquiry will urgently look at…

Smitha MundasadHealth reporterGetty ImagesWeight loss injections like Mounjaro and Wegovy are available in specialist weight loss clinicsPrescriptions for Mounjaro jabs,…

EPAHealth Secretary Wes Streeting has said there is no budget for an assisted dying service, which MPs narrowly backed in…

Temperatures in Central Park are forecast to soar into the high 90s on Monday and Tuesday, but it will feel…

From a lone clinic in Texas to an entire school district in North Dakota, the virus is upending daily life…

Maia Davies & Johanna ChisholmBBC NewsGetty ImagesDame Esther Rantzen told the BBC in 2023 that she had joined assisted dying…

Ruth CleggHealth and wellbeing reporterGetty ImagesIt could apparently change the shape of my face, add pounds to my midriff, and…

A 21-year-old living with stage three endometriosis said a support group has helped her to feel less lonely.Mia Harrison, who…

Every newborn baby in England will have their DNA mapped to assess their risk of hundreds of diseases, under NHS…

Most in a small group of patients receiving a stem cell-based infusion no longer needed insulin, but the drug may…

Major companies had faced mounting pressure to stop denying or stalling authorization of coverage for treatments and prescriptions. Source link

Fergus WalshMedical editorPACampaigners hold placards outside parliament in LondonToday’s vote is hugely significant. It now looks highly likely that assisted…

A group of protesters a gathered at Parliament Square as MPs debate the final stage of a bill today which…

Asha PatelBBC News, NottinghamBBCNottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust oversees two main hospitals – Nottingham City Hospital (pictured) and the…