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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.

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(16/03/2024 @ 05h45)
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.

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(18/03/2024 @ 06h04)
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.

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(15/03/2024 @ 08h25)
Kidney patients offered ‘risky’ technique"

Jasna Macanovic was sacked after questioning a "risky" dialysis practice championed by ex-colleagues.

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(15/03/2024 @ 13h28)
Need an op? The hospitals with the worst waits"

BBC News analysis reveals wide variation across England in waits for planned hospital treatment.

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(14/03/2024 @ 11h35)
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.

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(14/03/2024 @ 14h23)
'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.

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(13/03/2024 @ 18h22)
What is the infected blood scandal?"

Thousands were infected with HIV and hepatitis C, in the worst treatment disaster in NHS history.

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(14/03/2024 @ 15h36)
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.

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(29/02/2024 @ 14h43)
College to offer free medical degrees after $1bn gift"

The record-breaking donation came from a 93-year-old former professor, who is the widow of a wealthy investor.

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(26/02/2024 @ 19h16)
What are junior doctors paid - and how much to settle?"

The longest strike in the history of the NHS is in its second day. Is there hope of a resolution?

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(04/01/2024 @ 02h48)
'Recovering from food addiction is like walking a tiger'"

Writer Bryony Gordon opens up on her OCD, food addiction and health inequality.

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(22/02/2024 @ 02h42)
What is the new vaping tax and when will it start?"

The government will introduce a new vaping tax on top of measures to stop children vaping.

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(06/03/2024 @ 15h25)
Are weight-loss injections the answer to obesity?"

The appeal is clear - but should we be turning to appetite-suppressing injections?

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(19/03/2023 @ 00h52)
How much do junior doctors really get paid?"

The BBC asked two junior doctors in England to show us their payslips and reveal their salaries.

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(11/08/2023 @ 13h51)
Why are measles cases rising and what is the MMR vaccine?"

Young people are being encouraged to have the MMR jab, as cases of measles rise across England.

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(29/02/2024 @ 12h17)
What is the UK Covid inquiry and how does it work?"

The second round of public hearings examined how ministers made decisions during the pandemic.

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(31/01/2024 @ 11h46)
What to do if you have Covid"

No Covid restrictions are in place across the UK, so how should you manage having it?

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(20/12/2023 @ 16h17)
Covid jab could be available privately from 2024"

Moderna is hoping to make its Covid jab available privately in the UK.

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(05/10/2023 @ 17h15)
Error to open pubs not schools, Covid inquiry told"

The ex-children's commissioner in England says most senior officials did not put children first.

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(06/10/2023 @ 17h11)
Is Covid now just a regular winter bug?"

There were more flu deaths than Covid ones last winter - but for some, the fear remains. Why?

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(31/10/2023 @ 15h50)
Health staff start court fight over long Covid"

They say they are disabled after catching Covid at work, with no protection from employers.

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(06/03/2024 @ 17h46)
'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.

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(03/03/2024 @ 23h36)
Sunak reveals he fasts at beginning of the week"

The PM says he tries to fast at the start of the week so he can indulge in his “weakness for sugary things” on other days.

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(29/01/2024 @ 12h37)
'There are loads of people that vape at school'"

A group of teenagers in Fife have been making a documentary about the impact of disposable vapes.

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(29/01/2024 @ 14h54)
UK Covid inquiry comes to Scotland… in 90 seconds"

The BBC's Kirsten Campbell outlines what can be expected during three weeks of evidence held in Edinburgh.

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(16/01/2024 @ 11h51)

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