Health

A mother tells BBC Spotlight she fears her son could die waiting for life changing surgery
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Some 4,500 women were fitted with coils as part of attempts to limit the territory's population.
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Health Secretary promises consultation on NHS constitution, calling for a "common-sense" approach.
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The move has been prompted by a rise in patients testing positive for Covid, senior medics say.
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This representational picture shows a patient receiving a vaccine from a doctor. — Unsplash/FileR21/Matrix-M is mass manufactured by…
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Yelling at children can have lasting effects. mom.com/Hey there, parents, teachers, coaches, and all you adults shaping young minds! Have…
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Money can play a role, it's not the sole determinant. Representational image from Unsplash.Are you chasing happiness, success, and…
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Government decisions in the pandemic's early days will be scrutinised as the Covid inquiry continues.
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Prof Sir Adrian Hill, director of the Jenner Institute in Oxford where R21 was developed, said: "The vaccine is easily deployable, cost…
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Health officials are encouraging anyone eligible to get jabs to protect against Covid and flu.
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Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman developed the technology behind Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines.
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Three-day joint walkout by junior doctors and consultants begins on Monday as pay dispute escalates.
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Winning a Nobel Prize can be a life-changing event. The winners are thrust onto a world stage, and for many scientists the recognition…
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A woman takes a sip of water from a flask. — Unsplash/FileExperts recommend that males consume 15.5 cups (3.7 litres) of water per day…
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A doctor (left) examines a patient suffering from an eye infection at a hospital in Lahore on September 27, 2023. — AFPPunjab Minister…
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A doctor examines a woman suffering from an eye infection at a hospital in the city as more than 56,000 schools shut for the rest of the…
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Gabrielle Glaze felt scolded and shamed when she delivered her first son in a Birmingham, Ala., hospital, forced to observe strict rules…
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A prototype of an implant that a team of researchers is developing to treat ovarian, pancreatic and other difficult-to-treat cancers. —…
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Simon Grieveson, assistant director of research at Prostate Cancer UK, said: "It's fantastic to see that this new type of multi-beam therapy…
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That investigation revealed that 411,000 letters and crucial medical documents which senior doctors believed had been sent out to GPs and…
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Young people born using a sperm or egg donor will soon be able to find the identity of their parents.
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Chris Reid, chief medical officer for NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, said: "We have worked closely with NHS England and the practice to…
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Jake Andrade has had a rare type of the blood cancer twice since he was 13-years-old.
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On a muggy evening in July on the island of Príncipe, part of a volcanic archipelago 200 miles off the West African mainland, 11,000…
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The narrow wooden benches in the student health clinic at Dire Dawa University in Ethiopia’s second-largest city began to fill up in March…
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More than half of the cases saw such thoughts shortly after starting or increasing the drug, but they often ceased when discontinuing or…
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Martyn Pitman claims he was dismissed for raising concerns about midwifery care at a hospital.
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Image source, ReutersImage caption, More than 226,000 people in the UK have died with Covid registered as one of the causes on their death…
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Christine Campbell has ovarian cancer and says the health system is not fit for purpose.
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Think tank wants financial incentive to keep NHS nurses, midwives and physios in England for 10 years.
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Artificial-intelligence technology can guide surgeons, which should make complicated operations safer.
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Many people are needlessly avoiding the most common antibiotics, which are the most effective.
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Lea Iodice was thrilled to hear that the Peace Corps had accepted her application and was sending her to Senegal as a community health care…
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Some staff at University Hospitals Birmingham say they feared complaining would only make things worse.
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Christie Harnett, 17, and another woman took their own lives at separate hospitals in Middlesbrough.
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It will involve users taking their own illegal drugs in a hygienic environment under supervision.
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Customers buy medicine from a medical supply store in Karachi, Pakistan February 9, 2023. — Reuters  Errors reported at three leading…
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A representational image of a motivation signage. — Canva Geo.tv illustration Dear Haya,I am a graduate and…
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A neighbourhood in Kaohsiung is sprayed with chemical agents to control the spread of dengue fever on September 26, 2023. — CNA/FileThe…
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Q: I routinely drink three or four cups of coffee per day, but often wonder if this is too much. Should I consider cutting back?Coffee can…
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Kathy Denton, 64, said she felt “bolder” now, in part because she no longer experiences the pressure she once did to settle down. She has…
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Asian women are being encouraged to push past cultural stigma and get checked for breast cancer.
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Asthma and Lung UK's analysis suggests up to 750,000 people in England are misdiagnosed with asthma, costing the government an estimated…
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The messaging around vaping may be driving children and teens to take up the habit, says expert.
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The Lib Dem leader launches an all-out attack on the Tories' NHS record in his conference speech.
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It will track cases of a number of winter illnesses to help monitor pressure on the NHS.
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Defendants and lawyers attend a court hearing in the case of child deaths linked to contaminated cough syrups, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan…
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About 150,000 cases of non-melanoma skin cancer are diagnosed each year - two-and-a-half times the number seen in the early 1990s, according…
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The UK Health Security Agency's agreement enables the production of millions of influenza vaccines.
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Will Grocott, 15, is the first to receive treatment from the service at Addenbrooke's Hospital.
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