Brain injury: ‘They leave their walking frames and they’re free’
Graham Hill was a keen cyclist before he discovered he had a brain tumour in 2012. The 48-year-old spent months...
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Have I got Covid, a bad cold or something else?
Published19 hours agoRelated TopicsImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The symptoms of Covid and other respiratory infections are now very similarAs...
Breast cancer: ‘The moment I saw my new nipple tattoos’
A woman has described the moment she saw her new nipples, following surgery for breast cancer. Emily, from Nottingham, received...
Gynaecology waits soar by 60% during pandemic
"However, staff are making progress on dealing with the Covid backlog with the latest data showing staff delivered more than...
What we now know about long Covid
Meanwhile, antibodies that normally attack foreign invaders have been shown to stick to the body's own cells in long Covid....
Lateral flow tests: Should I recycle the plastic?
Researchers estimate the UK's lateral flow testing programme has produced enough plastic waste to fill 200,000 bathtubs or 19 Olympic...
Gap-free human genome sequence completed for first time
Dr Phillipy said: "Because these regions are so dynamic and changing so rapidly, there's some hope that any of the...
Conversion therapy: Ban to go-ahead but not cover trans people
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Friday, Nikki da Costa, a former director of Legislative Affairs at No...
Immensa: Why were Covid test errors at Wolverhampton lab not stopped sooner?
Mrs Marshall said she had been told by a manager at the home near Dursley, Gloucestershire, the test result had...
Covid: Nurses’ boss wants life assurance scheme extended for NHS staff
Speaking at a Covid death memorial service held last week for NHS frontline workers, Rev Paul Nash, chaplain at Birmingham...
Care home residents win right to always have one visitor
When she launched the Anne's law campaign, Natasha said: "I find it absolutely awful thinking what is going through her...
Covid: Last day of free tests in England fuels concern
She said: "The pandemic takes its own course and it will remain unpredictable to a large extent for the next,...
Shrewsbury maternity deaths scandal will spark change – Javid
"There were days where I would go back to my hotel room and cry, I'm not ashamed to say that...
Catastrophic failures led to mother and baby deaths
Liberal Democrat MP for North Shropshire, Helen Morgan said the deaths of these babies "must not be in vain", while...
Shrewsbury and Telford maternity scandal: ‘Grave concern’ as new cases reported
More than 200 babies may have died and many others left with life-changing injuries due to repeated failures at an...
Endometriosis: A hidden disease affecting one in 10 women
Endometriosis is a cruel and debilitating disease that affects one in 10 women globally of reproductive age. Although it is...
Rethink care costs for disabled people, says charity ahead of debate
Baroness Jane Campbell, who has campaigned for many years for reform on how disabled adults are charged for their care,...
Clinics call for at-home abortions to continue
The National Network of Designated Health Care Professionals (NNDHP), which represents senior NHS doctors and nurses who fulfil child-safeguarding roles...
