Women waiting 10 years for endometriosis diagnosis
New figures show the average wait in Wales to have the condition diagnosed is the longest in the UK. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Doctors question science behind blood sugar diet trend
Experts say there is "no strong evidence" the monitors, proven to be effective in managing diabetes, can also help people without the condition. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Kidney patients offered ‘risky’ technique
Jasna Macanovic was sacked after questioning a "risky" dialysis practice championed by ex-colleagues. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Trying to stay alive in a town hit by despair
How a team of former addicts are trying to stop others from becoming "deaths of despair" in Blackpool. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Trying to stay alive in a town of despair
How a team of former addicts are trying to stop others from becoming "deaths of despair" in Blackpool. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What is the infected blood scandal?
Thousands were infected with HIV and hepatitis C, in the worst treatment disaster in NHS history. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Need an op? The hospitals with the worst waits
BBC News analysis reveals wide variation across England in waits for planned hospital treatment. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Different measure to BMI may spot childhood obesity better, study says
Researchers who have studied thousands of children suggest a new measure could be more accurate. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Reality TV star Vicky Pattison: Why I'd donate my frozen eggs
The reality TV star tells the BBC why she plans to donate any eggs she doesn't use. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Drakeford likens Johnson to absent football manager during Covid
The outgoing first minister criticised the former prime minister's leadership during the pandemic. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

'Man in the iron lung' Paul Alexander dies at 78
Paul Alexander worked as a lawyer and lived for decades in a metal cylinder which breathed for him. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

'Get angry' - F1 broadcaster Gow on stroke recovery
Jennie Gow targets return to F1 broadcasting but has been "frustrated" at times during her recovery. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

NHS staff to get paid leave after miscarriages
Those who miscarry in the first 24 weeks of pregnancy can take 10 days' paid leave, NHS England says. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Egg freezing patients ‘misled’ by clinics
Some clinics don't make clear the chances of successfully having a baby, the BBC has found. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

NHS England to stop prescribing puberty blockers
It comes after a review found there was "not enough evidence" the drugs are safe or effective. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news