April 15, 2025
Health & Fitness
April 15, 2025
Blood test firm blamed by GPs for ‘catalogue…
Ashley John-Baptiste BBC News Investigations Getty Images Blood test results have been leading to misdiagnoses and unnecessary hospital referrals, GPs have told the BBC An NHS provider that won a £2bn contract to deliver
April 14, 2025
Older People Seeking Care for Cannabis Use at Grea…
Middle-aged and older adults who sought hospital or emergency room care because of cannabis use were almost twice as likely to develop dementia over the next five years, compared with similar people in the
April 14, 2025
Potential new antibiotic for gonorrhoea
Michelle Roberts Digital health editor, BBC News Getty Images Scientists believe they have found a new effective antibiotic for gonorrhoea, which could be one of the most promising in decades. Gepotidacin can treat and
April 14, 2025
Skin cancer patients could join Southampton vaccin…
Patients with advanced skin cancer could be fast-tracked to take part in a “revolutionary” trial of a new cancer vaccine. The needle-free injection boosts the immune system’s response and helps it attack and recognise
April 14, 2025
This Kidney Was Frozen for 10 Days. Could Surgeons…
On the last day of March, surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital began an operation that they hoped might lead to a permanent change in how kidneys are transplanted in people. That morning’s patient was
April 14, 2025
King’s College scientists’ lab-grown h…
BBC There is no shortage of teeth to admire at the King’s College Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences While many species can regenerate their teeth, human beings only get one chance at
April 14, 2025
‘Organ shortage resulting in up to 15 fatali…
A representational image showing doctors performing a surgical procedure. — Reuters/File Driven by social misconceptions leading, tha scarcity of organ donations is leading to as many as 10 to 15 fatalities each day in
April 13, 2025
The Many Ways Kennedy Is Already Undermining Vacci…
During his Senate confirmation hearings to be health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presented himself as a supporter of vaccines. But in office, he and the agencies he leads have taken far-reaching, sometimes subtle
April 13, 2025