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Ryan Jones: Unbreakable

BBC Health RSS Feed - Wed, 09/02/2026 - 20:58
Rugby legend Ryan Jones talks candidly about his early-onset dementia diagnosis.

Moral Maze

BBC Health RSS Feed - Wed, 09/02/2026 - 20:00
Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.

A&E patients ending in 'corridors and cupboards'

BBC Health RSS Feed - Wed, 09/02/2026 - 17:17
A consultant tells the Scotcast podcast that A&E patients ending in 'corridors and cupboards'.

Social media 'spiral' found after sister's death

BBC Health RSS Feed - Wed, 09/02/2026 - 13:10
A woman whose 13-year-old sister took her own life says the "spiral that she was going through" was evident from her social media history.

Former nurse dies amid dementia drug shortages

BBC Health RSS Feed - Wed, 09/02/2026 - 09:23
Pearl Roche died with dementia weeks after her family struggled to get supplies of her medication.

Heart trial after breast cancer has 'improved my life'

BBC Health RSS Feed - Wed, 09/02/2026 - 05:10
Lucy Shepherd is one of 90 women to take part in a trial helping cancer survivors come off medication.

Families hit by long waits for dementia diagnosis

BBC Health RSS Feed - Wed, 09/02/2026 - 01:46
Hundreds of families say they have had to wait months or even years for a dementia diagnosis for a loved one.

Urine test can spot more than nine in 10 bladder cancers

BBC Health RSS Feed - Wed, 09/02/2026 - 01:39
The NHS has been trialling the test and says the results so far are truly promising.

Rising numbers of children in mental health crisis ending up in A&E

BBC Health RSS Feed - Tue, 09/01/2026 - 23:38
NHS emergency departments are seeing more cases of self-harm, eating disorders and emotional distress in young people.

Women pose as men to buy testosterone online after prescription difficulties

BBC Health RSS Feed - Tue, 09/01/2026 - 20:54
One menopause specialists says she has seen women with up to 12 times the safe level of the hormone.

People Fixing The World

BBC Health RSS Feed - Tue, 09/01/2026 - 07:30
What can be done to prevent, detect and treat the silent killer, sepsis?

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

BBC Health RSS Feed - Tue, 09/01/2026 - 05:31
Jo Hooper spent her 20s chasing career success, but had two work-related breakdowns before she was 31.

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

BBC Health RSS Feed - Tue, 09/01/2026 - 05:31
Jo Hooper spent her 20s chasing career success, but had two work-related breakdowns before she was 31.

Optimization of HBsAg retesting process: An improvement in laboratory management system based on health economics

Journals RSS Feed - Tue, 09/01/2026 - 02:46
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, Ahead of Print.
ObjectiveTo optimize the retesting process for hepatitis B screening, reduce false positives in samples with weak positive signals, and improve the laboratory management system, ensuring no missed cases and eliminating resource waste.Methods131 HBsAg-...

Evaluating diagnostic accuracy and analytical performance of HELIOS in detecting autoimmune disorders using external proficiency data as a tool: A three-year analysis

Journals RSS Feed - Tue, 09/01/2026 - 02:46
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, Ahead of Print.
ObjectiveTo assess the analytical performance and diagnostic accuracy of an automated analyzer HELIOS in external proficiency testing for diagnosing autoimmune disorders based on antinuclear antibody (ANA) images and titer values.MethodsTotal 09 CAP ...

Comparability of serum folate concentration measured by a microbiological method, LC-MS/MS and immunoassay

Journals RSS Feed - Tue, 09/01/2026 - 02:40
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, Ahead of Print.
BackgroundFolate, vitamin B9, is an essential micronutrient for DNA replication and repair. Deficiency is associated with megaloblastic anaemia and fetal neural tube defects. Serum folate measurement provides a convenient biomarker of folate status in ...

New super flu vaccine rollout begins as NHS regroups from 'busiest summer'

BBC Health RSS Feed - Mon, 08/31/2026 - 23:46
This year's jab has a few tweaks, including changes to better combat the Super-K strain.

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

BBC Health RSS Feed - Mon, 08/31/2026 - 21:51
Chelsea McGillivray, from Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, fell into cardiac arrest during labour after what was believed to be a textbook pregnancy.

New home means 'big ambitions' for wood enterprise

BBC Health RSS Feed - Mon, 08/31/2026 - 06:11
Wolverhampton Wood Recycling's bigger premises will bring more volunteers together, its founders say.

What are the symptoms of Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder?

BBC Health RSS Feed - Fri, 08/28/2026 - 10:23
The disorder may affect hundreds of thousands of people in the UK, but many face significant delays in getting a diagnosis.

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