Entries by BBC News

Heart trial after breast cancer has ‘improved my life’

Lucy Shepherd is one of 90 women to take part in a trial helping cancer survivors come off medication.

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Families hit by long waits for dementia diagnosis

Hundreds of families say they have had to wait months or even years for a dementia diagnosis for a loved one.

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Urine test can spot more than nine in 10 bladder cancers

The NHS has been trialling the test and says the results so far are truly promising.

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Children as young as six going to A&E in mental health crisis

NHS emergency departments are seeing more cases of self-harm, eating disorders and emotional distress in young people.

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Women pose as men to buy testosterone online after prescription difficulties

One menopause specialist says she has seen women with up to 12 times the safe level of the hormone.

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People Fixing The World

What can be done to prevent, detect and treat the silent killer, sepsis?

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I’m on a mission to convince people to work less

Jo Hooper spent her 20s chasing career success, but had two work-related breakdowns before she was 31.

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I’m on a mission to convince people to work less

Jo Hooper spent her 20s chasing career success, but had two work-related breakdowns before she was 31.

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Flu vaccine rollout begins as NHS regroups from ‘busiest summer’

This year’s jab has a few tweaks, including changes to better combat last year’s Super-K strain.

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‘Baby Tommy’s here, Chelsea’s not’: First-time mum dies in childbirth

Chelsea McGillivray, from Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, fell into cardiac arrest during labour after what was believed to be a textbook pregnancy.

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