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BBC Health Cancer

Man, 70, died of eye cancer after scan concerns weren’t followed up

A coroner warns there's a risk of future deaths due to "substantial delays" in ophthalmology follow-ups.

14 Oct 2026 Read more →

Why children’s hospices are paying to throw away your donations

Acorns says it spends about £100,000 a year dealing with donated items that cannot be sold.

14 Oct 2026 Read more →

Nirogacestat for treating desmoid tumours

14 Oct 2026 Read more →

BBC Health Cancer

Swimmer Archie Goodburn to meet prime minister over cancer funding

The Scottish athlete, who has inoperable brain tumours, previously made a tearful plea for more investment in brain cancer research…

14 Oct 2026 Read more →

‘I could never hear on my left side – until I got a prosthetic ear’

Stephen Gilbert, 74, was born with unilateral microtia, a rare condition in which the external ear is underdeveloped or missing…

13 Oct 2026 Read more →

BBC Health Womens Health

1.6 million women struggling with chronic UTIs

1.6 million women struggling with chronic UTIs

13 Oct 2026 Read more →

Digital platforms to support preparation before and rehabilitation after primary elective hip or knee replacement surgery: early use assessment

13 Oct 2026 Read more →

BBC Health Lung & Breathing

Mum told to ‘prepare for worst’ urges others to get respiratory illness vaccine

Jo Goldsmith said the RSV vaccine was not available when she was pregnant, but that she would have had it.

13 Oct 2026 Read more →

BBC Health Womens Health

‘I woke from surgery to find it hadn’t been done’

Kelly O'Shea says she's "lost faith" in women's health after paying £20k for treatment she needed.

13 Oct 2026 Read more →

BBC Health Heart & Circulation

Full body scans, nutritious stockpiles and why strokes are rising in black communities.

13 Oct 2026 Read more →

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