Health & Fitness

June 11, 2025

Menstrual tracking app users cautioned by Cambridg…

Women who tracked their menstrual cycle using smartphone apps have been warned about the privacy and safety risks of doing so. A report from the University of Cambridge’s Minderoo Centre said the apps were

June 10, 2025

MPs set to vote on decriminalising abortion in Eng…

Women would no longer be prosecuted for terminating a pregnancy in England and Wales under a proposed shake-up of abortion laws. MPs are set to get a free vote next week – meaning they

June 10, 2025

Democrats Grill N.I.H. Leader on Cuts: Who Is Call…

As the Trump administration clamped down on the country’s medical research funding apparatus in recent months, scientists and administrators at the National Institutes of Health often privately wondered how much autonomy the agency’s director,

June 10, 2025

The Welfare Queen Is Back, but With a Video Game C…

Ronald Reagan and his fellow Republicans once invoked what they referred to as “welfare queens” as they made the case for reining in social spending in the 1970s and 1980s, painting a picture of

June 10, 2025

Cervical screening invites to change for younger w…

Invitations for cervical screening will be sent out every five years instead of every three for women aged 25-49 in England, if they have a negative test. Research shows they are at very low

June 10, 2025

Alice Figueiredo’s family on their 10-year f…

Alice Figueiredo’s family have said it would “astound” people if they saw how families could be treated by hospital trusts in the wake of a loved one’s death. It comes after the North East

June 10, 2025

We quit our jobs, sold our home twice and spent 10…

James Melley and Alison Holt BBC News, Social Affairs Family handout Alice’s family say she had a big personality and a passion for art Warning: This article contains upsetting details and reference to suicide