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Updated 2024-11-27 08:31
Use of WhatsApp in NHS 'widespread', say doctors
Internet-based messaging apps are a key way for doctors to send patient information, the BBC has learned.
Women graduates 'desperately' freeze eggs over 'lack of men'
Graduate women are struggling to find educated men who want to start a family, research suggests.
£6.8m genetic medicine plan for targeted treatment
Targeted treatment could be developed as human DNA and its effects on health are better understood.
Vulnerable 'playing Russian roulette' choosing care
Damning verdict comes as inspectors warn a quarter of care services are failing on safety.
Lung cancer: Get checked if short of breath, says NHS
NHS warns people to get checked out if they feel short of breath doing everyday tasks.
Spreading cancer caught on film
The technology could be used to understand how cancer spreads and improve treatment.
Spreading cancer caught on film
Scientists in Japan have developed a technique for finding cancerous cells throughout the body
Sharp focus on Alzheimer's may help target drugs
Breakthrough means drug discovery is no longer like "firing in the dark".
PMQs: Hannah Bardell and Theresa May on FGM deportation case
Hannah Bardell on the domestic abuse faced by a constituent who refused for her daughter to undergo FGM.
Charlie Gard: Boris Johnson says baby cannot be moved to Vatican
Boris Johnson says the terminally ill baby cannot be transferred to the children's hospital in Rome.
Family seeks new kidney after parents donated to children
Joanne and Mark Wishick are thought to be the first in the UK to each give kidneys to their children.
Question of colour
Statistics suggest black people are four times more likely to be sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
Patient prescription fines 'double in a year'
Patients can be fined a maximum of £100 for obtaining free medication while not eligible to do so.
Extreme gardening to help tackle malaria
Mali villages removed flowers from shrubs and saw a big drop in mosquito numbers.
NHS 'rationing leaves patients in pain'
Doctors have to make special appeals for vital treatments such as hip operations and cataract surgery.
FGM: More than 5,000 new cases in England
Women and girls born in Somalia make up more than a third of those identified, but 112 were UK-born.
Abortions for Northern Irish women to be funded in Wales
Commitment to match the offer in England, which UK government agreed to in the face of rebellion.
Family's bid to return E.coli woman to Scotland
A family makes a desperate bid to return a gravely ill woman to Scotland from a Turkish hospital.
Grenfell Tower fire: Three hospitals fail fire safety checks
Round-the-clock fire warden patrols are also under way at 19 "highest risk" NHS trusts.
Chief medical officer calls for gene testing revolution
Offer NHS patients DNA tests to pick the best cancer and rare diseases treatment, England's top doctor says.
Post-Brexit EU drug regulation deal urged by ministers
The move would be "in the interests of public health and safety," say Greg Clark and Jeremy Hunt.
Click and care
They book holidays online, so why not their parents' care needs too?
Mum on a mission
A mother says a wasted operation on her son pushed her over the edge and spurred her into action.
Weston General's A&E department closes overnight
Weston General Hospital's emergency unit will be closed between 22:00 and 08:00 BST.
Under pressure
People have a "confusing" array of choices for urgent care amid shortages of emergency doctors.
The 'Babypod'
F1 tech has influenced sectors from aeronautics to public transport - now healthcare is benefiting.
Bereaved parents warn teenagers over meningitis risk
They are urging all first-time students and school leavers to have the Men ACWY vaccine.
Charlie Gard: Pope and Trump offer parents support
Pope Francis calls for Charlie Gard's parents to be allowed to "treat their child until the end".
Man hitchhikes to Personal Independence Payment assessment
Paul Wood resorted to thumbing a lift to attend his Personal Independence Payment assessment.
Baby Dove adverts criticised over breastfeeding stance
Dozens complain to the watchdog about the campaign which some say is against breastfeeding in public.
Google DeepMind NHS medical trial broke UK privacy law
More should have been done to let patients know what was being done with their data, says a watchdog.
More UK nurses and midwives leaving than joining profession
The downward trend has been most pronounced among British staff, figures show.
Vagina surgery 'sought by girls as young as nine'
Many are distressed or embarrassed about the appearance of their genitals, a leading expert says.
Swansea Uni trial to reduce breast cancer hot flushes
Scientists will investigate how behavioural therapy could help control difficult side effects.
'Girls say they hate their vaginas'
Girls as young as nine want surgery on their vagina because they are upset by its appearance, the Victoria Derbyshire show is told.
Older male partners 'lower chances of IVF baby success'
The man's age, not just the woman's, has an impact on IVF success rates, say researchers.
Why Bulgaria is training UK doctors
Zarina Brady explains why she and others from the UK are heading to Bulgaria to study medicine.
Charlie Gard parents given more time to say goodbye to terminally ill son
Great Ormond Street Hospital says it is working on plans for terminally ill Charlie Gard's care.
Career dream
Trainee doctors head for Central and Eastern Europe to study, lured by high standards and lower costs.
Organs needed
With Scotland set to join Wales in having an "opt-out" system for organ donation, why are England and Northern Ireland not following suit?
One $100m grant, eight life-changing ideas: Which would you choose?
The John and Catherine MacArthur Foundation is awarding a huge grant for a project which will make "real and measurable progress in solving a critical problem of our time".
Charlie Gard: Life support to be turned off, parents say
His parents criticise doctors for not allowing them to bring the 10-month-old home to die.
No-show women at cervical screening 'unaware of test'
Creative campaigns are needed to reach some groups of young women, researchers say.
'Ban parents from leaving engines on', says guidance
Doctors want an end to leaving the car running at the school gates.
Northern Ireland women to get free abortions in England
Ministers make concession ahead of threatened Commons rebellion over Queen's Speech.
A mum on having electric shock therapy while pregnant
Tania Gergeln had ECT for severe bipolar disorder while pregnant with her second daughter.
The defibrillator drone that can beat ambulance times
Drones could reach people suffering cardiac arrest faster than ambulances, according to a new trial.
Should the long-term ill have free prescriptions?
Campaigners say too many people cannot afford their regular medication and should have free prescriptions.
Italian father in passionate vaccines plea to Veneto governor
Falling vaccine rates are a "mortal danger to my daughter", a father warns an Italian regional leader.
Kettering General Hospital 'filtered' data to remove waiting list patients
Kettering General Hospital says its historical data management was "well-intended, if misguided".
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