Tag Archive for: BBC News – Health

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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Weight loss jab ‘could reduce heart attack risk’
The jab could reduce heart attack and stroke risks regardless of the amount of weight people lose.
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Top doctor cancer-free a year after world-first therapy
Richard Scolyer has undergone a new treatment for glioblastoma, based on his own melanoma research.
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Top doctor cancer-free a year after world-first therapy
Richard Scolyer has undergone a new treatment for glioblastoma, based on his own melanoma research.
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Health spending £5bn less than government planned
The Conservatives are not on track to increase spending by 3.3% a year above inflation in England.
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Top doctor cancer-free a year after world-first therapy
Richard Scolyer has undergone a new treatment for glioblastoma, based on his own melanoma research.
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Life-saving overdose drug to be given without prescription
Addicts at risk of an opioid overdose in England will get supplies of the antidote for emergency use.
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Assisted dying set to move closer on Isle of Man
A bill to allow assisted dying for the terminally ill is expected to pass a key parliamentary stage.
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‘Horrendous birth experience left me in therapy’
Hundreds of women have contacted BBC News with their traumatic experiences of giving birth.
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Executive lockdown meetings my lowest days – Swann
The health minister questioned whether a cross-community vote to extend lockdown was 'morally right'.
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