Day Headlines in Health News: 2023-05-24
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Plant-based diets good for the heart (BBC Health 2023-05-24 23:04:45)
The effect is about a third that of a taking daily cholesterol-lowering statin, research suggests. -
Shop around on NHS app to shorten wait for treatment (BBC Health 2023-05-24 23:03:31)
IT upgrade will allow patients to exercise their right to choose where they are treated, ministers say. -
Wirral mum in coma lands back in UK after £50k raised (BBC Health 2023-05-24 19:37:08)
Melissa Kinsella, 30, is now in hospital on Merseyside after being on life support in Turkey. -
First UK death linked to 'zombie' drug xylazine (BBC Health 2023-05-24 15:34:21)
There have been warnings in the US about its flesh-eating properties and role in 7% of fatal overdoses. -
Watch: Brain implants help paralysed man to walk again (BBC Health 2023-05-24 15:05:33)
A paralysed man has been able to walk simply by thinking about it, thanks to electronic brain implants -
Brain implants help paralysed man to walk again (BBC Health 2023-05-24 15:04:45)
A paralysed man has been able to walk simply by thinking about it, thanks to electronic brain implants -
Lucy Letby trial: Nurse says 'dirty' ward was factor in baby deaths (BBC Health 2023-05-24 14:05:43)
Murder-accused nurse Lucy Letby says there was "raw sewage coming out of sinks" at the hospital. -
Vaping: How do you quit e-cigarettes? (BBC Health 2023-05-24 10:13:46)
It can get you off tobacco - but what do you do when you want to say bye to your e-cig? -
People paying for operations up by third since Covid pandemic (BBC Health 2023-05-24 00:12:28)
Long waits for NHS treatment appear to be forcing people to pay out thousands of pounds for care. -
Work pressures driving nurses and midwives away (BBC Health 2023-05-24 00:07:14)
Numbers on the register reach a record high but the regulator is worried about the amount leaving the profession.