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BBC Health
‘I can’t do a play, a film or read any more’, says Dame Judi Dench
Oscar-winning actress Dame Judi Dench says her eye condition has left her unable to perform on stage or read, more…
22 Oct 2026 Read more →
BBC Health
MI5 spied on NHS founder Nye Bevan for more than 20 years, newly released files show
He came to Security Service's attention in the 1930s when he was considered a left-wing firebrand.
22 Oct 2026 Read more →
BBC Health
Like ‘weeing lava’: living with chronic UTIs
Like 'weeing lava': living with chronic UTIs
22 Oct 2026 Read more →
BBC Health Womens Health
Chronic UTIs affect millions in the UK – these women are out to end the stigma
Women are sharing their experiences with chronic urinary tract infections on social media in an effort to break the stigma…
21 Oct 2026 Read more →
BBC Health Diabetes & Weight
Diabetes and ADHD drugs to be tested on Alzheimer’s patients in new study
Drugs will be tested simultaneously, which it's hoped will speed up the process of finding new treatments for this common…
21 Oct 2026 Read more →
BBC Health
Daughter of woman killed by partner ‘refuses to be another victim’
Keeley McKee's mother Leanne was killed by her partner in 2003, weeks before the couple were due to marry.
21 Oct 2026 Read more →
BBC Health Cancer
Pope does not need further treatment after lung cancer surgery
Test results have confirmed his diagnosis as a lung adenocarcinoma that was localised.
21 Oct 2026 Read more →
NICE Lung & Breathing
XVIVO Perfusion System (ex-situ machine perfusion) for assessing and reconditioning marginal lungs for transplantation: early-use assessment
HTG784
21 Oct 2026 Read more →
BBC Health Brain & Nerves
Christina Applegate says she was wrongly diagnosed with MS
Christina Applegate thought she was living with multiple sclerosis (MS) for five years, until recently discovering she had been given…
21 Oct 2026 Read more →
BBC Health Infections & Vaccines
‘Lessons need to be learnt’ as report into care homes during Covid published
An inquiry found that Government failings in care settings allowed the spread of Covid.
21 Oct 2026 Read more →
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