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Cigarette prices motivating more to give up - study

BBC Health RSS Feed - 5 hours 33 min ago
The cost-of-living crisis is having an impact - but health concerns remain the top reason for quitting.

Chat room helps Destiny-Rae, 5, find a new kidney

BBC Health RSS Feed - 5 hours 46 min ago
An online friendship between two mums led to a new kidney for five-year-old Destiny-Rae.

Drug dealers offer BBC team deadly opioids

BBC Health RSS Feed - Mon, 04/22/2024 - 10:35
Powerful synthetic drugs linked to dozens of deaths are being sent to the UK from China, BBC finds.

Letby to seek permission for conviction appeal

BBC Health RSS Feed - Mon, 04/22/2024 - 05:09
Lucy Letby is to bid for permission to appeal her convictions before a panel of judges.

Concern over SHOT and UKTLC survey

IBMS News Feed - Sun, 04/21/2024 - 23:00
Survey reveals a concerning lack of psychological safety and widespread incivility.

Why are we so ill? The working-age health crisis

BBC Health RSS Feed - Sun, 04/21/2024 - 03:11
The number of under 65s struggling with poor health is rising - and it's a threat to the economy.

Why are we so ill? The working-age health crisis

BBC Health RSS Feed - Sun, 04/21/2024 - 03:11
The number of under 65s struggling with poor health is rising - and it's a threat to the economy.

What do GPs think of Sunak's sick note plans?

BBC Health RSS Feed - Sat, 04/20/2024 - 16:50
We asked some GPs what they thought of other professionals taking on their responsibility for sick notes.

What do GPs think of Sunak's sick note plans?

BBC Health RSS Feed - Sat, 04/20/2024 - 16:50
We asked some GPs what they thought of other professionals taking on their responsibility for sick notes.

Gender care review author attacks 'misinformation'

BBC Health RSS Feed - Sat, 04/20/2024 - 15:18
Dr Hilary Cass says adults who deliberately spread false information are putting young people at risk.

Post office scandal helped infected blood campaign

BBC Health RSS Feed - Sat, 04/20/2024 - 11:14
Campaigner Andy Evans said it has raised awareness of those given infected blood products.

Sunak sets out plans to tackle 'sick note culture'

BBC Health RSS Feed - Fri, 04/19/2024 - 10:09
The PM wants to strip GPs of power to issue sick notes but Labour says he has run out of ideas.

Ketamine addict: 'I can't walk 50m without weeing'

BBC Health RSS Feed - Fri, 04/19/2024 - 05:30
Specialist clinics are helping increasing numbers of young ketamine users with damaged bladders.

Almost a quarter of kids aged 5-7 have smartphones

BBC Health RSS Feed - Thu, 04/18/2024 - 23:11
The regulator calls the data a "wake up call", and says parents and industry need to do more.

Children used as 'guinea pigs' in clinical trials

BBC Health RSS Feed - Thu, 04/18/2024 - 21:00
They were given infected blood products in trials without their knowledge, the BBC has found.

Children used as 'guinea pigs' in clinical trials

BBC Health RSS Feed - Thu, 04/18/2024 - 21:00
They were given infected blood products in trials without their knowledge, the BBC has found.

Children used as 'guinea pigs' in clinical trials

BBC Health RSS Feed - Thu, 04/18/2024 - 21:00
They were given infected blood products in trials without their knowledge, the BBC has found.

NHS weight management service offered to under fours

BBC Health RSS Feed - Thu, 04/18/2024 - 15:35
Severely obese pre-schoolers in Somerset are among the first to receive NHS weight management help.

More young, affluent women may be smoking - study

BBC Health RSS Feed - Thu, 04/18/2024 - 12:37
Younger women could benefit from targeted interventions to tackle the apparent rise, researchers say.

NHS weight management service offered to under fours

BBC Health RSS Feed - Thu, 04/18/2024 - 09:59
Severely obese pre-schoolers in Somerset are among the first to receive NHS weight management help.

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