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Number of headlines in database: 75
Last update: 2024-12-26 10:22:05
Number of headlines in database: 75
Last update: 2024-12-26 10:22:05
BBC Health Headlines
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Bird flu kills 20 big cats at US animal sanctuary (2024-12-25 21:36:59)
The animals - including a Bengal tiger, cougars and bobcats - have died of the virus over the past several weeks. -
£90,000-a-year patient safety role remains unfilled (2024-12-24 22:57:53)
A law creating a Patient Safety Commissioner post was passed last year - but no-one has yet been found to take it on. -
Hospitals trial AI to spot type 2 diabetes risk (2024-12-24 11:09:30)
The system checks patients' ECG heart traces for subtle early warning signs. -
People seek NHS advice on drinking and breastfeeding at Christmas (2024-12-24 03:38:12)
Any alcohol that the mother drinks can pass into her breastmilk, the NHS advises. -
'My surgeon saved my smile with new hologram technology' (2024-12-23 06:09:50)
Susannah Morgan was warned surgery to remove a benign tumour could leave her with a crooked smile. -
'Lungs in a box' could increase vital transplants (2024-12-23 05:37:35)
The number of lung of transplants could rise as a new machine keeps organs alive outside the body. -
Doctors warn over water bead gifts for children (2024-12-23 02:27:13)
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine issues a "safety flash" about the dangers to children. -
Same GP at each appointment for patients most in need (2024-12-20 12:59:43)
Surgeries will be financially rewarded if patients with long term conditions see the same GP each time. -
Patients with high need should get own GP, says government (2024-12-20 12:59:43)
Surgeries will be financially rewarded if patients with long term conditions see the same GP each time. -
AI is trained to spot warning signs in blood tests (2024-12-20 00:05:06)
AI can spot patterns in the data from blood tests that can give an early warning of disease. -
Hospices in England to receive £100m funding boost (2024-12-19 11:41:33)
Hospice leaders had warned they were being forced to close beds closing due to financial pressures. -
Hospices in England to receive £100m funding (2024-12-19 10:49:38)
Hospice leaders had warned they were being forced to close beds closing due to financial pressures. -
Deaths from alcohol at record high in England (2024-12-19 01:49:37)
Public-health experts are calling for minimum pricing to stop further rises in harmful drinking. -
Hospitals write off £112m in foreign patient bills (2024-12-19 01:44:43)
Hospitals say they often struggle to recover costs, particularly when patients return overseas. -
Mother of girl operated on by disgraced surgeon says hospital 'gaslit' her (2024-12-19 00:02:55)
Jodee Seeley tells BBC Newsnight she is considering legal action against Great Ormond Street Hospital. -
Even morphine doesn't help my horrific period pain (2024-12-18 23:07:44)
Emily Handstock says she feels the pain women endure has been "normalised" by society. -
Dartitis: The condition where you try to throw a dart - but can't (2024-12-16 16:27:17)
The psychological condition stops players from releasing a dart. -
'My former work colleague gave me her kidney' (2024-12-15 07:17:20)
Jamie Lonsdale made a donor plea on Facebook and was delighted when Lauren Lane answered the call. -
Chris Hoy says men should talk about health issues more (2024-12-13 09:51:18)
Six-time Olympic cycling champion Chris Hoy calls for more openness on health matters -
Puberty blockers: Can a drug trial solve one of medicine's most controversial debates? (2024-12-09 00:43:50)
The government has pledged to determine the evidence - and establish whether the benefits outweigh any potential harms of prescribing puberty blockers to children questioning their gender -
Flu cases make NHS busier than ever with 95% of beds full (2024-12-05 16:23:15)
NHS England medical director warns hospitals under strain after sharp rise in flu cases. -
How do weight loss drugs like Mounjaro and Wegovy work? (2024-12-05 10:02:47)
NHS experts report unprecedented demand for the new generation of obesity treatments. -
Why are doctors wary of wearables? (2024-12-02 01:36:30)
Wearable tech claims to help monitor our health, but many doctors remain sceptical. -
Fix palliative care before assisted dying is introduced, doctors urge (2024-11-30 20:17:03)
Leading end-of-life doctors warn system is struggling, and changing law could make situation worse. -
Terminally ill people on both sides of assisted dying debate react to vote (2024-11-30 04:32:33)
BBC News speaks to two terminally ill people with opposing views on the impact of assisted dying. -
What is assisted dying and how could the law change? (2024-11-29 17:06:52)
A proposed law would let terminally ill people in England and Wales choose to end their life. -
Assisted dying bill: What is in proposed law? (2024-11-29 15:30:26)
The proposed law would allow some terminally ill adults to end their own lives. But there are requirements. -
What happens next to the bill on assisted dying? (2024-11-29 15:28:31)
MPs have backed a change in the law, but the measure still faces many hurdles before coming into force. -
'Focus on palliative care not assisted dying' (2024-11-29 11:12:05)
Doctor Mike Blabin tells the BBC the sector is desperately underfunded despite facing huge demand. -
How assisted dying has spread across the world and how laws differ (2024-11-29 09:48:06)
About 300 million people have access to some form of assisted dying - what are the policies of other countries? -
Rantzen did not expect to see assisted dying bill (2024-11-29 06:07:57)
Dame Esther says she thought she would be "long gone" by the time MPs debated assisted dying. -
Hope, fear, faith and love: Four people on why assisted dying vote matters (2024-11-28 17:41:10)
For the first time in nearly a decade, MPs will debate and vote on the issue of assisted suicide. -
How many people still smoke in the UK? (2024-11-27 12:48:37)
The government wants to create a smoke-free generation, and restrict the sale and marketing of vapes. -
Assisted dying bill about right to choose - minister (2024-11-24 14:46:25)
Labour’s cabinet remains divided on how to vote on Friday’s bill to legalise assisted dying. -
Can RFK Jr make America's diet healthy again? (2024-11-24 05:12:18)
Kennedy's plans to ban dyes in cereals and fluoride in water could get major pushback from the food industry. -
What is methanol and how does it affect the body? (2024-11-22 17:22:11)
Travellers are being warned of the dangers after six tourists in Laos died from methanol poisoning. -
Contraceptive pills recalled in South Africa after mix-up (2024-11-21 18:35:06)
A faulty batch of Yaz Plus means some packs contain only four active pills rendering them ineffective. -
NHS hours from PPE running out in Covid - Hancock (2024-11-21 16:58:34)
Former health secretary tells inquiry some healthcare settings did run out - "and it was awful". -
Women plan UK legal action over talc cancer claims (2024-11-20 06:16:47)
Hundreds of women in the UK are taking legal action against Johnson and Johnson. -
Trump picks vaccine sceptic RFK Jr for health secretary (2024-11-15 11:38:38)
Robert F Kennedy Jr has a history of spreading health information scientists say is false. -
'I might be dead before a decision is made': Terminally ill people on assisted dying (2024-11-12 17:50:20)
Nik is worried assisted dying could lead to coercion - but Elise, who has cancer, wants the choice. -
Covid inquiry told Treasury blocked NHS bed request (2024-11-11 18:06:48)
NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard says the decision, in July 2020, was very disappointing. -
Covid inquiry told top NHS doctor was terrified (2024-11-07 17:34:34)
Sir Stephen Powis says points-based tool was drawn up should need to prioritise patients have arisen. -
How are the vaping rules changing? (2024-11-05 17:06:32)
Marketing rules will be stricter, nicotine vapes will be taxed and disposable vapes will be banned. -
NHS to review prostate cancer testing after Chris Hoy call for change (2024-11-05 14:03:26)
The Olympic cycling champion, who has terminal cancer, wants more younger men to get checked. -
'I can't afford a child on £53,000 salary' - why fertility rate is falling (2024-11-03 00:09:01)
From 'fruitless' dating to financial pressures, people share their views on falling fertility rates. -
Warning tax rises could force care homes to close (2024-10-31 13:50:35)
Social care providers say the sector is in "unprecedented danger" without more funding. -
How close were hospitals to collapse in Covid? (2024-10-28 00:06:04)
The Covid inquiry restarts its live hearings this week, after senior staff in the NHS revealed just how close some hospitals were to collapse -
NHS will not fund new drug to slow Alzheimer’s (2024-10-23 09:02:04)
A new drug that slows the pace of Alzheimer's disease is too expensive for too little benefit to be used on the NHS, the watchdog says. -
Is the system letting down people who were harmed by Covid vaccines? (2024-10-23 05:48:59)
People affected by rare blood clots say they feel they have been airbrushed out of the pandemic. -
What are the symptoms of prostate cancer? (2024-10-21 10:15:07)
One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. -
How will weight-loss drugs change our relationship with food? (2024-10-19 03:10:13)
The rise of these treatments has major implications for how we think about obesity, says James Gallagher. -
Assisted dying bill dangerous, says Archbishop (2024-10-16 12:11:15)
His comments came ahead of an assisted dying bill being introduced to Parliament. -
NHS needs better plan around weight loss jabs, warn experts (2024-10-16 07:27:18)
Experts call for an urgent review of obesity treatment services amid booming demand for weight loss jabs. -
Covid inquiry told of trust do-not-resuscitate rule (2024-10-10 16:54:11)
Patients' families were “horrified but not surprised” when told the blanket policy had been in place. -
We were not treated as parents, Covid inquiry told (2024-10-07 14:11:38)
Mum of premature twins says rigid restrictions on birthing wards during Covid were traumatic. -
Covid ambulance crews faced 'crucial PPE delays' (2024-10-01 14:39:04)
Crews say they faced crucial delays trying to save dying patients because of the time it took to put on equipment. -
Covid was like a daily terror attack, doctor tells inquiry (2024-09-26 14:06:37)
Covid inquiry hears harrowing testimony from ex-adviser in emergency preparedness at NHS England. -
Covid inquiry rejects clinicians’ anonymity plea (2024-09-26 00:11:07)
The UK Health Security Agency argued naming the junior officials could put them at risk of abuse. -
High-grade masks evidence weak, Covid inquiry told (2024-09-19 11:39:28)
UKHSA's Prof Susan Hopkins said respirator masks may have worked no better than thin surgical masks. -
Nurses bore the brunt of Covid, ex-chief nurse says (2024-09-17 15:58:13)
Dame Ruth May tells the Covid inquiry nurses struggled with low staffing levels and difficulties accessing protective equipment. -
How many of us will end up being diagnosed with ADHD? (2024-09-15 00:36:40)
Experts suggest that the number of people with ADHD is actually going to remain steady. -
‘I grieve for the person I was before' - Covid inquiry to begin new phase (2024-09-09 01:13:17)
The Covid inquiry opens its next set of hearings on Monday, looking at the impact on healthcare and the NHS. -
Corruption review finds 'red flags' in more than 130 Covid contracts (2024-09-09 00:04:10)
An anti-corruption charity finds significant concerns in £15.3bn worth of contracts awarded during the pandemic. -
What is the UK Covid inquiry and how does it work? (2024-09-04 09:23:46)
The next public hearings will consider how the pandemic affected healthcare systems across the UK. -
The junior doctors' strikes may be over. But is trouble ahead? (2024-08-02 00:43:02)
The end of the pay dispute sounded too good to be true. And now some are wondering if it might be. -
Why we might never know the truth about ultra-processed foods (2024-07-27 23:33:23)
Experts can’t agree how exactly they affect us and it’s not clear that science will give us an answer. -
How the UK planned for the wrong pandemic (2024-07-18 17:28:01)
Over-confidence, wasted opportunities and muddled-thinking left UK sleep-walking into Covid. -
Paris: Grassroots to Glory (2024-07-08 09:43:25)
The Rugby 7s player has struggled with body image in the past, but says sport has helped -
How Dame Deborah James helped save a mum's life (2024-06-24 09:06:52)
A mother-of-three shared her story with Dame Deborah's mother Heather on BBC Breakfast. -
Can health secretary name NHS trusts performing well? (2024-04-11 09:09:11)
Victoria Atkins is challenged to name some health trusts meeting their targets to cut waiting lists. -
'I embrace my alopecia, but I’d love my old hair back’ (2024-03-03 23:36:30)
People living with alopecia could have access to treatment on the NHS in Scotland for the first time. -
Covid inquiry: The UK pandemic in numbers (2023-07-05 12:18:18)
Explore the data on how the coronavirus pandemic unfolded in the UK. -
Are weight-loss injections the answer to obesity? (2023-03-19 00:52:45)
The appeal is clear - but should we be turning to appetite-suppressing injections? -
What does an unheated room do to your body? (2022-11-19 01:11:29)
The BBC's health and science correspondent undergoes an experiment to find out how a cold home affects him.