Scientists have studied more than 2,000 samples of poo from babies in the UK to get a clearer idea of which types of bacteria first colonise a newborn’s gut. Researchers say they were surprised to find baby poo fell into three distinct microbiological profiles, with different “pioneer bacteria” being abundant in each. One in particular, […]
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, A report says not enough women have taken advantage of the NHS cervical screening programme Deborah Price Local Democracy Reporting Service A wellbeing team has pledged to make cervical screening tests more accessible to “higher risk women”. According to a report from the Hertfordshire Health and Wellbeing Board, not enough […]
Image source, Susan Axelby Melanie Abbott and Michelle Roberts BBC News A woman who developed a rare type of cancer linked to her breast implants has warned that girls with similar implants could be “walking around like timebombs”. Susan Axelby, 68, was recently paid £57,000 by Allergan Limited after she fell ill with breast-implant associated […]
When Emily was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, external, doctors told her it was a “good cancer” to have – but she died aged 18 because of the side effects of treatment. Her mum Donna Dunn from Cwmbran, Torfaen, said there were “huge holes” in support for blood cancers in Wales, while a consultant haematologist said […]
An NHS Trust is investigating after reports a man was slumped dead over a table in a hospital coffee shop for several hours. The man, 36, was found dead at the table, external at Sandwell General Hospital in West Bromwich in July, The Sunday Times newspaper reported. It said members of the public and NHS […]
Image caption, Jack Berman and a friend in a pub smoking section – which is under cover but also had fans Reporting from Sydney, Australia Jack Berman takes a long drag and then exhales, slowly, in the covered terrace of a 150-year-old pub in a Sydney beach suburb. Around him are others like him: pub […]
Image source, FAMILY HANDOUTImage caption, Dr Alicia Pylpyczuk worked as an emergency doctor in Manchester but took her own life in February 2020 after battling depression triggered by alopecia Thomas Mackintosh, Fran Whyte & Elise Wicker BBC News Earlier this year a new drug to treat severe alopecia – an autoimmune condition that causes hair […]
A drug used to treat Type 2 diabetes and obesity could also slow down the process of ageing, researchers believe. Semaglutide, better known as Ozempic, “has far-reaching benefits beyond what we initially imagined,” Prof Harlan Krumholz, from the Yale School of Medicine, said following the publication of several new studies. They found that the drug […]
Image source, Getty Images Smitha Mundasad Health reporter A series of “humanitarian pauses” to fighting in Gaza are due to begin on Sunday, to allow hundreds of thousands of children to be vaccinated against polio. The agreement comes after UN officials said a 10-month-old has been partially paralysed after contracting Gaza’s first recorded case of […]
Image source, BBC NewsImage caption, Claire (L) with Tracey, who has advanced cancer Hugh Pym and Vicki Loader BBC News Five hospices caring for terminally ill people have planned job cuts in the past two months due to financial pressures, BBC News has learned. St Giles Hospice, which runs community services and in-patient sites in […]
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