Tag Archive for: BBC News – Health

Weight-loss drugs may boost health in many ways
New weight-loss drugs have broad health benefits but also come with risks, researchers warn.
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New case of more spreadable mpox detected
This case has no links to the five other cases identified in England since October 2024.
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Keyhole op used to remove head tumour in UK first
Experts in Leeds say new technology now allows them to reach previously "inoperable" tumours.
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Cervical screening knowledge gap ‘costing lives’
Women can ask for adjustments and this may encourage some people to get tested, the Eve Appeal says.
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‘I break the law to buy my child’s life-saving cannabis drug’
Parents going to extreme lengths to get medicinal cannabis oils for their epileptic children speak to the BBC.
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‘Pregnancy is a risk I’m willing to take’: Why some women are ditching the pill
Some women are opting for fertility tracking apps to avoid mood swings and weight gain on "hormonal" contraception.
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Calorie labels have small effect on eating habits – study
The policy was brought in two years ago in England to try to encourage healthier food choices.
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Deaths of 56 babies at Leeds hospitals may have been preventable, BBC told
Two whistleblowers also believe the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust’s maternity units are unsafe.
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Singer ‘helpless’ after baby girl contracted RSV virus
The country singer says her baby daughter spent 10 days in hospital with respiratory syncytial virus.
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‘No dignity in this’, say staff on stretched A&E
While the number of patients with flu are declining, a cold snap has again placed nurses under extreme stress.
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