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Record numbers are being tested for cancer but treatment targets are still being missed in England. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/MsGi2Z5 via IFTTT

Actress Emilia Clarke and her mother Jenny are named in the New Year Honours for brain charity work. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/B5x8rkI via IFTTT

A person dies in Scotland after an outbreak of the infection in the UK. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/5kmnTLu via IFTTT

The care home is put in special measures after a significant deterioration in the standard of care. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/H1JgZTy via IFTTT

Stars and doctors hope Russell T Davies's BBC drama Men Up can help end impotence stigma. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/DxiuKCO via IFTTT

More than 30,000 UK children under five are hospitalised with respiratory syncytial virus a year. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/wW73pu8 via IFTTT

The NHS is braced for its longest strike after last week's walkout caused nearly 89,000 cancellations. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/QyGPFN0 via IFTTT

A major study has identified 15 risk factors for young-onset dementia, not all of which are genetic. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/iqXUYZb via IFTTT

Laura Maisey says giving away one of her organs has been the best thing that has ever happened to her. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/jn0sOSZ via IFTTT

Rescued ewe Fiona is enlisted to help support farmers who might be struggling at Christmas. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/NoaiZvk via IFTTT

The mum says she would have done anything possible to save her little boy's life. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/HDVQsUo via IFTTT

The specially adapted environment is keeping people healthier and happier for longer, early evidence suggests. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/NVDknJQ via IFTTT

Scientists are assessing how exposure to different kinds of air pollution impacts the brain. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/PIYBwOS via IFTTT

Angus Bain, 17, has suffered debilitating epileptic fits every week throughout his childhood. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/O1w406g via IFTTT

Money used to care for disabled people disappears amid a dispute between a council and payroll firm. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/PAVLhCu via IFTTT

People with the condition have to deal with abdominal bloating, gurgling noises and flatulence. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/EbzxwcU via IFTTT

As the NHS enters the difficult winter period, find out what's happening in your area. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/RgC2suB via IFTTT

Covid and other infections could rise in many parts of the world this winter, the experts warn. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/mO7kAwi via IFTTT

Dr Mohammed Hussain is joining national colleagues in three days of strike action. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/Ztuq6px via IFTTT

NHS bosses say their worst fears are being realised as a three-day walkout begins in England. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/sVFSrX3 via IFTTT

Christmas and booze often go hand-in-hand, so how do you say no, no, no when the drinks start to flow? from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/O2Y5UgD via IFTTT

Gill Castle, from Northumberland, is using her experience of having a stoma to help women in Kenya. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/GUpREf7 via IFTTT

Most adults may need to start paying for care to protect free support for others, a think tank says. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/N3SwP15 via IFTTT

The veteran broadcaster speaks to the BBC about her decision to join Dignitas. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/6B5T71b via IFTTT

In an exclusive interview, the ex-Tory peer says she and her husband were made "scapegoats" for PPE failings. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/UZSydzY via IFTTT

Care home staff say they feel exploited and trapped by the firm that brought them to the UK to work. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/WaI5gsc via IFTTT

Modernising the law and training for door staff are also among measures announced by the government. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/cs7nARL via IFTTT

Author Ellie Middleton on her late ADHD and autism diagnoses. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/uoZP6vE via IFTTT

The north-west of England service says repeat medication orders on bank holidays add unnecessary pressure. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/e2zyI9g via IFTTT

One patient was wrongly identified as not to be resuscitated because of slow access to digital records. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/fNcMBSR via IFTTT

The number of people waiting for an autism diagnosis is up 50% over the past 12 months. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/xdVOuXY via IFTTT

Start-up firms are producing new sweeteners but will they be able to compete with sugar? from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/5Qd34pH via IFTTT

Regulators around the world have questioned the high price set by Vertex Pharmaceuticals. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/2yBIwnd via IFTTT

Calls for change stem from the family of a teenager who died after an allergic reaction to a meal out. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/eraWBzo via IFTTT

The number of adults giving up more than doubled but many young adults started smoking, researchers say. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/xcY5PDL via IFTTT

Better treatments and even a cure for hyperemesis gravidarum could be on the horizon, researchers say. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/1tDQ5Ke via IFTTT

A paramedic crew invites the BBC to experience a day on the front line of the NHS as winter arrives. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/NebZtkY via IFTTT

The digital expansion follows the success of the Covid vaccination programme, NHS England says. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/fv8PIT6 via IFTTT

A Taliban ban led to a 95% drop in Afghan poppy cultivation, a UN report finds. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/I9yMWYw via IFTTT

Campaigners in Norfolk and Suffolk say lessons are not being learned after thousands of unexpected deaths. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/4hTFELu via IFTTT

Rishi Sunak defends the scheme and says advisers and ministers had "ample" chances to raise concerns. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/URSE5To via IFTTT

UK health officials said enhanced surveillance would continue over the coming weeks, as a precaution. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/T8Qnlsw via IFTTT

The model for an end to tobacco had been pushed for decades by New Zealand's Indigenous people. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/OT3Rean via IFTTT

Many people wait until the new year to join a gym or start running - but now might be the best time. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/Y2ZgDvN via IFTTT

In London, ministers have been in the spotlight whereas the Scottish inquiry has focused on the victims. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/8Amadfp via IFTTT

Steelworkers in need of cash were among the men of Merthyr Tydfil who became medical guinea pigs. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/GwTaL4Y via IFTTT

A hospital nurse tells of her experience after her "overwhelming" Parkinson's Disease diagnosis. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/df9glH6 via IFTTT

A test is available in Brighton to determine if babies could lose their hearing from an antibiotic. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/Tq40ZmS via IFTTT

Boris Johnson mixed contrition with an effort to take on former colleagues who questioned him. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/ZvuleWA via IFTTT

Campaigners said they were not satisfied with Boris Johnson's answers at the Covid inquiry. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/W09tbak via IFTTT

Proteins in blood reflect how well the brain, heart and other major organs are faring, say scientists. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/uGqFd9A via IFTTT

The former PM tells the pandemic inquiry he initially underestimated the challenge posed by the virus. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/WPgpVXd via IFTTT

The revolutionary technology could be updated for even greater accuracy, research suggests. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/LaG29Of via IFTTT

Addenbrooke's Hospital apologises for two data breaches in 2020 and 2021 involving 22,446 patients. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/h6VMB0s via IFTTT

The awareness messages will be carried on urinal mats as part of efforts to detect male cancers early. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/F0etSPc via IFTTT

MPs were voting on a plan to set up a compensation scheme for infected blood scandal victims. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/s78SIFH via IFTTT

Four women living with HIV who won a landmark case tell the BBC about how they were sterilised. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/dqobuI0 via IFTTT

Many in social care believe overseas staff saved the system from collapse, reports Alison Holt. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/Clg1iZP via IFTTT

Addy Clarke's parents are making the most of time with the seven-year-old, who has Batten Disease. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/lgUuATI via IFTTT

Up to 30,000 people were given contaminated blood in the 1970s and 1980s. Thousands have died. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/Z9VhSLB via IFTTT

New health secretary Victoria Atkins says planning for winter "started much earlier" this year. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/X5LWTPS via IFTTT

The Radio 5 Live presenter finds out that the answer could help many women like her. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/IgdDqfm via IFTTT

Why struggling parents aren't choosing cheaper brands when it comes to infant formula milk. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/r7nJkQj via IFTTT

But the former PM will argue robustly his government got many big pandemic calls right. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/Ca2zc80 via IFTTT

What you need to know about the first confirmed case of a new type of flu, found in North Yorkshire. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/LduWYfA via IFTTT

Christopher Hart, 50, was found dead in his Suffolk home while waiting eight hours for an ambulance. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/cPthOTn via IFTTT

The dancer, 33, says her "nightmare seems to be never ending" after a blood clot on her lung. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/wvch4aA via IFTTT

A hospital in north-east England has become the first outside London to offer the pioneering surgery. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/tZwF56s via IFTTT

Isaac Uzoegbu was hit by a car when he ran from home. His head teacher says it could have been prevented. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/MAyuHD5 via IFTTT