Why the gut is known as the second brain

Your gut doesn’t just respond to your brain – it helps shape your emotions. Professor of Biomolecular Medicine Jon Swann explains why.

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‘It’s not a nice world to bring children into’: Births fall to the lowest level in 50 years

Live births in England and Wales are at their lowest since 1977, while the age of first-time mothers has also risen.

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Resident doctors in England to strike for 16th time over pay

British Medical Association resident doctor members in England announce new strike for four days from 15 June.

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‘When I was 14 I thought I was dying’

BBC Radio Sheffield presenter Ellie Colton’s symptoms of endometriosis started when she was a young teenager. But she wasn’t diagnosed until she was 24.

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Endometriosis: ‘I thought I was dying’

The BBC’s Ellie Colton shares her experience of living with endometriosis – and meets a scientist hoping to cut the length of time it takes to be diagnosed with a simple new test.

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Hundreds of children die within months as measles cases soar in Bangladesh

The country has recorded more than 60,000 suspected cases of measles in just over two months.

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‘My daughter went into hospital to get better – now she’s dead’

Mental health patients say nobody listened to their concerns about a north-east England trust.

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‘We knew somebody would die’: Teenage patients ‘ignored’ before fatal NHS trust failures

Mental health patients say nobody listened to their concerns about a north-east England trust.

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Australia confirms first diphtheria death amid worst outbreak in decades

Most cases are in the Northern Territory with some also in Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland.

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PCOS name change ‘more representative of condition’

Health experts in Jersey say the change helps people realise it is not an ovaries-only condition.

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