Deadline for organ donation law
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:41:59 +0000
Officials start sifting responses to plans for an opt-out consent organ donation system in Wales as consultation ends, with a report due next month.
VIDEO: NHS changes have created 'unholy mess'
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:32:35 +0000
Changes to the NHS in England have created an "unholy mess", the editors of three leading journals have said.
Skin transformed into brain cells
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:13:22 +0000
Skin cells have been converted directly into cells which develop into the main components of the brain, by researchers in California.
NHS changes branded 'unholy mess'
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:09:52 +0000
Proposed changes to the NHS in England have created an "unholy mess" which has hurt the health service, according to the editors of three leading journals.
VIDEO: Mystery illness at US high school
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:19:58 +0000
High school students in the small community of Leroy, New York State, have been coming down with strange tics and verbal outbursts, with no obvious cause.
SA fears over 'leaking' condoms
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:33:16 +0000
South Africa's leading HIV group warns that large numbers of "faulty" condoms handed out during the ANC centenary celebrations remain in circulation despite a recall.
Plan to tackle tropical diseases
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:55:03 +0000
Politicians, health experts and drug companies have agreed a plan to combat 10 neglected tropical diseases over the next decade.
VIDEO: Day to day work of a social worker
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:09:48 +0000
A new BBC programme aims to explain the challenges social workers face in their daily working lives.
Why do some people never get depressed?
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:23:04 +0000
In pictures: Fighting forgotten tropical diseases
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:21:22 +0000
Pictures of the battle against neglected tropical diseases
Agony of a child protection case
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:12:05 +0000
A new social worker's first child protection case
Poots 'no' to baby deaths inquiry
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:12:47 +0000
The father of a baby who died from pseudomonas is told by the health minister that there will be no public inquiry into the deaths.
VIDEO: Fake vodka health fears
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:12:25 +0000
Sarah Sturdey goes on the trail of the people producing illegal alcohol and finds out the sometimes dire consequences for those who drink it.
'Steady increase' in cosmetic ops
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:30:11 +0000
There was a "steady" 6% rise in cosmetic surgery procedures carried out in Britain last year, figures show.
Elderly 'hit as social care cut'
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:17:28 +0000
Spending on social care for the elderly is falling this year - despite the assurances of ministers, an analysis by campaigners suggests.
'Take both arms' blood pressure'
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:40:38 +0000
Measuring blood pressure in both arms should be routine, says a University of Exeter study, because it is the difference between the arms that counts.
Testicular zap 'may stop sperm'
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:38:04 +0000
A dose of ultrasound can stop the production of sperm, according to researchers investigating a new form of contraception.
Bacterial disguise evades vaccine
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:47:42 +0000
Some bacteria can evade efforts to vaccinate against them by shifting their disguises, researchers have found.
Paramedics to tweet 'daily life'
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:58:04 +0000
North West ambulance crews are to share their "day-to-day working life" via Twitter.
Fake drugs in NHS never recovered
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:59:51 +0000
Fake drugs dispensed to NHS patients in 2007 have never been found and patients remain unaware of the incident, BBC investigation reveals
NHS 'in peril if shake-up fails'
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:44:03 +0000
More than 50 GPs involved in the groups that will control have warned the NHS may be "in peril" if government changes are derailed.
VIDEO: Protest over disability cuts
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:07:48 +0000
Activists stage a "daring and disruptive act of civil disobedience" in opposition to the Government's controversial welfare reforms
'I used to cry with pain at work'
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:34:55 +0000
'The operation that saved me from enduring pain'
VIDEO: Contaminated drugs given to 40,000
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:08:00 +0000
More than 100 people have died in Lahore after taking contaminated heart medicine, Pakistan officials have said.
AUDIO: Carers 'missing out on support'
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:58:29 +0000
A woman who cares for her husband and son who both have cancer told Radio 5 live that she does not receive enough support.
PIP - one woman's story
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:49:04 +0000
Medical correspondent Fergus Walsh hears why Debbie Lewis chose implants
VIDEO: '£6,000 to replace my burst PIP implants'
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:42:30 +0000
Debbie Lewis had her PIP breast implants removed after they ruptured and leaked
Should all skiers wear helmets?
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:59:23 +0000
Do helmets keep skiers safer - or make them complacent?
Call for vitamin D infant death probe
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:06:15 +0000
How vitamin D deficiency might explain some deaths
Foetus parties: Womb with a view?
Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:31:22 +0000
Prof Cathy Warwick, chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives, outlines her fears about the "commercialisation of childbirth"
