Entries by BBC News

Doctors question science behind blood sugar diet trend

Experts say there is "no strong evidence" the monitors, proven to be effective in managing diabetes, can also help people without the condition.

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Doctors question science behind blood sugar diet trend

Experts say there is "no strong evidence" the monitors, proven to be effective in managing diabetes, can also help people without the condition.

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What is assisted dying and how could the law change?

MPs backed a proposal to let terminally ill people in England and Wales choose to end their life.

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Kidney patients offered ‘risky’ technique

Clinicians at a hospital in Portsmouth have championed a dialysis practice that is not recommended.

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Trying to stay alive in a town of despair

How a team of former addicts are trying to stop others from becoming "deaths of despair" in Blackpool.

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What is the infected blood scandal?

Thousands were infected with HIV and hepatitis C in the worst treatment disaster in NHS history.

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Need an op? The hospitals with the worst waits

BBC News analysis reveals wide variation across England in waits for planned hospital treatment.

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Need an op? The hospitals with the worst waits

BBC News analysis reveals wide variation across England in waits for planned hospital treatment.

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Different measure to BMI may spot childhood obesity better, study says

Researchers who have studied thousands of children suggest a new measure could be more accurate.

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Vicky Pattison: Why I’d donate my frozen eggs

The reality TV star tells the BBC why she plans to donate any eggs she doesn't use.

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