US hospital halts IVF after court says embryos are children
The case in Alabama stems from a lawsuit brought by three couples whose frozen embryos were lost at a clinic. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hospitals can introduce Martha's rule from April
The scheme will raise awareness of how patients and their families can access a second opinion. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The strangers who saved each other’s lives
Two men who never met now call themselves blood brothers - after one donated stem cells to the other. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hospitals may introduce Martha's rule from April
The government backs a plan to give patients access to a second opinion if their condition deteriorates. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sewage, floods and rats underscore NHS repair task
Health chiefs call on the government to nearly double the NHS's capital spending. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Patient care hit by disrepair in NHS buildings
Sewage leaks and floods among more than 1,000 incidents revealed in BBC investigation. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Illegal abortion investigations rising, BBC told
The increase in police inquiries in England and Wales is unprecedented, an abortion provider says. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Footballer Tom Lockyer shows life-saving defibrillator in his chest
The Luton Town defender collapsed on the pitch after a cardiac arrest last December. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bowel cancer checks for anyone with inherited risk
Offering regular colonoscopies to people with Lynch syndrome at any age will save lives, NHS England says. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NI junior doctors vote for strike action over pay
The vote in favour of a strike could see junior doctors take part in a 24-hour walkout in March. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
One million have undiagnosed diabetes in England
Experts are particularly worried about the proportion of younger people whose health is at risk. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The NHS hidden waiting lists terrifying patients
Patients are facing delays for ongoing cancer care, heart check-ups and eye treatment in England. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Woman worried after no ADHD medicine for months
Hannah Huxford from Grimsby is unable to get hold of her ADHD medicine due to a national shortage. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Hearing my children's laughter is like torture'
Karen Cook has a rare condition called pain hyperacusis which causes crippling and debilitating pain. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UK exam could be scrapped for foreign dentists
Overseas dentists may be provisionally registered to work in England without checks, plans say. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
