Consultants vote to strike in Wales
Doctors will walk out in April over "extreme pressures" and "unsafe staffing levels". (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Man hails 'quality of life' drug available on NHS
Ross Cunliffe says "the right thing has been done" in making daratumumab available on the NHS. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

'I was left lying in my own urine'
A 73-year-old man says he was denied pain relief and was left lying in a bed soaked with urine. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

'I embrace my alopecia, but I’d love my old hair back’
People living with alopecia could have access to treatment on the NHS in Scotland for the first time. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Can green 'super powders' really make you healthy?
Products containing probiotics, vitamins and antioxidants are being sold as healthy essentials. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Kidney donor mum and son take on world on skis
Just living a normal life was the biggest hope, now Alex will take on the world on the slopes. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Thousands more appointments hit by doctor strike
The NHS England said 91,000 appointments and procedures were cancelled due to the walkout this week. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

More than one billion people now obese - study
Researchers say there is an urgent need to change how the condition is tackled as it rises worldwide. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

More than a billion people living with obesity
Researchers say there is an urgent need to change how the condition is tackled as it rises worldwide. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What are assisted dying, assisted suicide and euthanasia?
Many countries have legalised assisted dying, assisted suicide or euthanasia, which are different. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

We need assisted dying vote after report - Rantzen
A cross-party group of MPs found evidence of care benefits in countries that allow assisted dying. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Measles campaign shows children pleading for jabs
Health officials want to remind busy parents in England of the serious risks if vaccinations are missed. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Assisted dying 'does not worsen end-of-life care'
Cross-party group of MPs does not back change in law, but says some countries have seen care benefit. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Smokers increasingly overestimate vape risk - study
Fewer smokers see vapes as less harmful, despite evidence tobacco is far less healthy, data suggests. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Concerns raised over surgeon at children's hospital
Experts are reviewing the concerns raised about the former Great Ormond Street Hospital surgeon. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news