Paris: Grassroots to Glory Ellie Boatman: How rugby helped me with eating disorderEllie Boatman: How rugby helped me with eating disorder Released On: 08 Jul 2024 Available for over a year The Rugby 7s player has struggled with body image in the past, but says sport has helped More episodes Programme Website Coming Up Next […]
Image source, Chloe DaviesImage caption, Chloe Davies has hereditary angioedema, which can be life-threatening Chloe Harcombe BBC News, West of England A woman whose body does not recognise when to stop swelling says a drug trial has been “life-changing”. Chloe Davies, 32, who lives in Bristol, has hereditary angioedema (HAE), which causes “spontaneous swelling attacks”. […]
Image source, Getty Images Health and science correspondent How are you feeling? There has been a vibe in BBC HQ that friends, colleagues and family have been having a grottier year than usual – shaking off one cold only to rapidly catch another, rolling from infection to infection. “The reality is we’re lacking data and […]
Blood testing partnership Synnovis has warned that its hacked blood transfusion services may not be fully functioning again until the autumn. Its systems fell victim to ransomware hackers and the pathology partnership says, external it has rebuilt many of the 60 which were affected. The hackers made systems unusable unless a payment was received and […]
Image source, Getty The body responsible for regulating NHS and care services in England is not fit for purpose, the health secretary says. Wes Streeting’s intervention comes after an independent review found significant failings at the Care Quality Commission (CQC), according to headline findings released by the government. The CQC inspects everything from hospitals and […]
Being vaccinated against shingles may also help delay getting a dementia diagnosis – a study in the journal Nature Medicine, external suggests. The work builds on previous suggestions that a shingles jab may have this unintended benefit. Researchers compared some 100,000 people who had a new shingles jab to a similar group who had an […]
The NHS is appealing for people with O-type blood to urgently come forward and donate, after blood stocks dropped to “unprecedently low” levels in England. Officials said it follows a “perfect storm” of unfilled appointments at donor centres and increased demand following a cyber-attack which has affected services in London. O negative blood – known […]
Image source, Science Photo Library Jim Reed Health reporter, BBC News A woman had to be tested for HIV after being given a vaginal examination with a swab already used on another patient, the health ombudsman has said. After the examination, at her GP surgery in Batley, Yorkshire, for a pre-existing health condition, the 40-year-old […]
Image source, Family handoutsImage caption, Sunny Parker-Propst (left) and Elena Ali died within weeks of each other during the first Covid-19 lockdown Two premature babies died within weeks of each other after neglect by a hospital, an inquest jury has found. Westminster Coroners’ Court heard Elena Ali and Sunny Parker-Propst were both given sodium nitrite […]
A young woman died months after begging her GP for help with her chronic fatigue syndrome, an inquest heard. Maeve Boothby-O’Neill, 27, had written to her doctor asking for help with feeding as she was hungry. Ms Boothby-O’Neill had been diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). She died at home in Exeter, Devon, in October 2021. […]
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