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'I've requested a full hysterectomy'

BBC Health RSS Feed - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 17:40
Emma Barnett shares her life-long struggle with endometriosis – a disease affecting one in ten women of reproductive age, which causes excruciating, often debilitating, pain.

'I've requested a full hysterectomy'

BBC Health RSS Feed - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 17:40
Emma Barnett shares her life-long struggle with endometriosis – a disease affecting one in ten women of reproductive age, which causes excruciating, often debilitating, pain.

Three Ebola vaccines in development amid growing outbreak fears

BBC Health RSS Feed - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 14:30
IAVI, Moderna and the University of Oxford are all working on new vaccines.

'Why I'm showing my hernia online'

BBC Health RSS Feed - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 13:33
Amy Bamford turned to social media to seek advice about her hernia.

Emma Barnett: We can't ignore this disease that leaves one in 10 women like me in agony

BBC Health RSS Feed - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 05:00
Women tell the BBC presenter how endometriosis affects their lives, as she challenges ministers to take action.

'Don't be too kind': Stories from the maternity unit where mums were failed

BBC Health RSS Feed - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 05:00
BBC Panorama has seen documents and spoken to former midwives from Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Daily pill doubles survival time for pancreatic cancer patients

BBC Health RSS Feed - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 02:50
The drug, daraxonrasib, has been hailed as a breakthrough in managing the deadliest of all the major cancers.

Checks reveal young women with deadly 'silent' heart risk

BBC Health RSS Feed - Sun, 05/31/2026 - 23:21
Sudden cardiac death can happen without warning, and it's not just a problem for sporty young men, say experts.

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