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Hospital pays out after bacteria-linked deaths

BBC Health RSS Feed - Wed, 08/20/2025 - 13:19
Nine families receive compensation after the outbreak linked to a Cambridge-based hospital.

Gym with wellbeing focus welcomes lottery boost

BBC Health RSS Feed - Wed, 08/20/2025 - 12:37
The Soma Space offers combined strength training and psychotherapy, and prospective clients can be referred.

Short-sighted NI kids treated differently to the rest of the UK

BBC Health RSS Feed - Wed, 08/20/2025 - 12:29
Optometry NI chair says rules stopping children from paying for special short-sightedness treatment using NHS vouchers should change.

Pine nuts and goat's milk should get allergy labels, say experts

BBC Health RSS Feed - Wed, 08/20/2025 - 11:58
Warnings for some 'emerging' food allergens should be added to food packaging, researchers suggest.

Pine nuts and goat's milk should get allergy labels, say experts

BBC Health RSS Feed - Wed, 08/20/2025 - 07:04
Warnings for some 'emerging' food allergens should be added to food packaging, researchers suggest.

More weight-loss drugs could be offered as part of new diabetes care

BBC Health RSS Feed - Wed, 08/20/2025 - 00:51
Diabetes patients should have better and more equal access to newer medicines, says official healthcare body.

'Eating disorder misdiagnosis left me with PTSD'

BBC Health RSS Feed - Tue, 08/19/2025 - 13:45
Charlotte Chapman-Hart was misdiagnosed with an eating disorder and now works to bring awareness to rare diseases.

Wellbeing walking maps to encourage green travel

BBC Health RSS Feed - Tue, 08/19/2025 - 13:24
The illustrated walking maps guide people along four car-free routes in and around Tewkesbury.

Inside Health

BBC Health RSS Feed - Tue, 08/19/2025 - 09:00
Shingles vaccine to reduce dementia risk? Antibiotic resistant gonorrhoea & tech trousers

Inside Health

BBC Health RSS Feed - Tue, 08/19/2025 - 09:00
Shingles vaccine to reduce dementia risk? Antibiotic resistant gonorrhoea & tech trousers

'Eating disorder misdiagnosis left me with PTSD'

BBC Health RSS Feed - Tue, 08/19/2025 - 05:05
Charlotte Chapman-Hart tells of her experience of a lack of coordinated and informed care.

'Pip tick-box system is not targeting the right people'

BBC Health RSS Feed - Tue, 08/19/2025 - 04:40
A chef with kidney failure calls for Pip assessments to change after he was refused the benefit twice.

Art charity 'buzzing' to move into new £75m campus

BBC Health RSS Feed - Mon, 08/18/2025 - 17:34
Art Shape works with the NHS to deliver creative courses as prescriptions.

The life-changing gene therapy that can restore vision

BBC Health RSS Feed - Mon, 08/18/2025 - 15:02
Andrew had known since childhood that one day he would lose his sight. He donated his skin cells to researchers working on a treatment, hoping for a breakthrough not just for himself, but also for his daughter...

Warning issued over branded kids' magnesium gummies

BBC Health RSS Feed - Mon, 08/18/2025 - 14:25
An undeclared drug that can cause drowsiness and headaches has been found in Nutrition Ignition supplements.

Warning issued over branded kids' magnesium gummies

BBC Health RSS Feed - Mon, 08/18/2025 - 14:25
An undeclared drug that can cause drowsiness and headaches has been found in Nutrition Ignition supplements.

Baby did not die due to mouldy flat, coroner finds

BBC Health RSS Feed - Mon, 08/18/2025 - 13:29
Akram Mohammed died of various infections but his parents previously blamed their living conditions.

'Chemo wrecked my teeth, I can't afford treatment'

BBC Health RSS Feed - Mon, 08/18/2025 - 05:28
Faye Woodley says dental care in the UK "feels like we're going back to Victorian times".

Bindi Irwin 'genuinely healing' after 13 years of endometriosis pain

BBC Health RSS Feed - Mon, 08/18/2025 - 02:59
Her story has reignited conversations about the condition that affects about one in ten women.

'Broken and burnt out': Nurse lifts lid on staffing at children's cancer unit

BBC Health RSS Feed - Sun, 08/17/2025 - 23:02
A whistleblower who resigned as a nurse from the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children says staff shortages at a cancer unit are not new.

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