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A new workplace standard for women with periods or the menopause has been published. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/3HyToG2

The Care Quality Commission warning comes after Priory Group's biggest hospital is told to improve. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/2tu7znX

Rimegepant will be available only to adults who have tried at least three other preventative drugs. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/kBE5thg

Kylie Weatherby originally found out she had cancer when pregnant with twins in 2021. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/yD5AdFX

Lacie wears an eye patch to treat her condition and says the new app helps her want to keep it on. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/3dc4I5t

Scientists discover 4,000 year-old plague DNA - the oldest evidence of the disease in Britain. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/dmnox5i

The man who led China's pandemic response says inquiries into its origins should consider everything. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/qe9kBSd

Rishi Sunak says he is 'deeply concerned' by the rising number of under-18s using vapes. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/ByKwhcf

A mother is warning others to look out for symptoms of necrotising fasciitis, after she nearly died. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/98s3xbq

Infertility can devastate people's mental health, relationships, finances and career, a charity says. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/facBPvy

Why has an NHS Trust failed to improve maternity care after a near-decade of failure? from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/4rCpvu9

The High Court judge rules there is no new evidence linking the tests with harm to babies. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/UCWOJmf

Chemical Intelligence won £162m of government contracts to supply personal protective equipment. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/aPAfmwb

The billionaire's Neuralink implant company wants to help restore people's vision and mobility. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/gG5An7y

The public accounts committee calls for more support for alcohol treatment to save money and lives. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/oQH1cCD

The sites in England were all developed using a lightweight concrete with a limited lifespan. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/FayQ4tz

Rishi Sunak says he is looking at strengthening marketing rules for e-cigarettes. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/z6PkAfS

It can get you off tobacco - but what do you do when you want to say bye to your e-cig? from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/sejEfwc

BBC economics editor Faisal Islam asks whether a historic surge in industrial action is likely to persist. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/nt0hUYr

IT upgrade will allow patients to exercise their right to choose where they are treated, ministers say. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/NZtkbuv

The effect is about a third that of a taking daily cholesterol-lowering statin, research suggests. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/M3e8DEv

A paralysed man has been able to walk simply by thinking about it, thanks to electronic brain implants from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/EDngwhH

Jennie Gow, who had a stroke in December, says she is determined to come back "as strong as ever". from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/LcRCp84

The senior doctor is recorded questioning why changes to the controversial Tavistock clinic are required. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/NZ63bJC

Numbers on the register reach a record high but the regulator is worried about the amount leaving the profession. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/wCvul0O

A doctor appears at tribunal over the appointments with four female patients in 2016. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/anOA07g

A victim of a doctor jailed for abusing children speaks of his continuing battle nearly a decade on. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/HbL1Csx

They will walk out between 07:00 on Wednesday 14 June and 07:00 on Saturday 17 June. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/vR8nN3i

Rape, assault or being touched without consent accounted for more than one in five cases. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/12Jqnce

Lab analysis finds vapes confiscated from teenagers at a school pose a potential risk to health. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/0OhSmd6

The footballer fought back tears as he described the bravery of Isla Grist, who has the rare condition. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/wpYMn2m

The Bristol Distinguished Gentleman's Ride team are heading from Cheddar to Keynsham. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/IOGCxnV

The new Scottish government pay offer comes after BMA Scotland members voted for strike action. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/JNk65Ug

Aaron Wharton was diagnosed with a brain tumour when he was four years old and died in April. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/JuWP5Bn

London's mayor said a number of events coming together had had a "cumulative" effect on his health. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/k85e3vp

Sir Keir Starmer says if elected he would aim to cut suicide, heart disease and stroke deaths. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/PQWgUjo

Shadow health secretary says regional waiting lists could help people get hospital treatment quicker. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/LFnpy14

Other HRT treatments have faced similar limits but ministers say there is good stock of most products. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/ozHZp7W

Model Rosie Viva was experiencing mania when she triggered the mass evacuation of Stansted Airport. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/15FtrKa

The psychological scars of Russia's invasion are starting to show in Ukraine, at the front and at home. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/IHidYg1

The party says fewer people would be waiting if the government had maximised use of private clinics. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/3O6xzwV

Lucy Letby accuses a "gang of four" of "apportioning blame" on to her "to cover up" hospital failings. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/u8vtlKE

A father from north Wales has set up a petition with 100,000 signatures calling for action. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/oXrlKn2

A hairdresser says she was shocked to be asked whether one of her sons needs dietary help. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/N4Re3AF

The results could open up new ways to spot, treat and prevent some diseases, including cancer, experts say. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/N4hRMzH

Nurse Lucy Letby is accused of killing the two babies on the neo-natal ward where she worked. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/whtTDFR

Only two are finished and open, with 33 planned for England yet to have any building work done, the BBC has found. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/LlQRtrD

Trials are taking place in Cambridge, where the technology was developed. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/VgYFe2I

A care home resident, 80, died after an ambulance was stood down due to a do not resuscitate order. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/jVDkmXn

Volunteers will test a pill designed to remove radioactive contamination from the body. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/0ilfHXD

Rhiannon Morgan has grown used to people making comments or asking if her condition is contagious. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/i64x8Ap

A young woman with a rare disease says she is not being supported to have any quality of life. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/RKFsm6S

Menopausing is Book of the Year and Salman Rushdie gets a special accolade at British Book Awards from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/SapyE0j

Psychiatrists and mental health charities say digital therapies are no substitute for one-to-one care. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/i5bAGv8

Researcher Joseph Dituri has been living underwater in the Florida Keys for more than 70 days. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/4z5VqwX

Elijah died at 12 days old and his parents say authorities have left them "in limbo". from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/Ut5uPSO

Towie star Gemma Collins is urging people to be more open and less embarrassed about the subject. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/ZFlCdy3

An undercover journalist for Panorama is diagnosed and given drugs without proper checks. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/M4ZbjEI

Cancer experts want VAT removed to make sun creams more affordable in the cost-of-living crisis. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/ya7ZUjo

Union boss Pat Cullen urges ministers to reopen pay talks in England after her members rejected a 5% offer. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/lwk7E4a

The blood-borne virus can lead to liver disease and cancer, but symptoms often go unnoticed. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/MmjA9Pf

Kimberley Sampson and Samantha Mulcahy both died from herpes infections after Caesarean births. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/ycV8gQs

The Countess of Chester trust chief executive also accuses the chairman of putting finance over safety. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/3ju8rfQ

The Brown Clee Patients Group hopes to remove some of the financial burden for incoming GPs. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/w5CpcW4

The conference in Norwich will hear from one woman who felt she needed to shower all the time. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/5pcJb8T

Little is known about the early stages of Parkinson's, as much damage occurs before symptoms appear. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/WMQlFSX

Figures suggest the rate is almost four times higher for women from black ethnic minority backgrounds. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/aK2GBWv

Experts say it was the wrong place for the 16-year-old, but she had nowhere else to go. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/w5gxfIt

School leavers would be able to enrol to become doctors without having to pay to go to university. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/QxbXKi7

The technique uses an internal camera and aims to reduce patients' pain and hospital stay. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/G3rmbpK

The 86-year-old is able to climb stairs and do laps of the garden at an Edinburgh nursing home. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/XpbqY6R

Most of the baby's DNA comes from their two parents, with a small percentage from a donor. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/6TXNnjg

Users of Emerade pens, which treat anaphylaxis, are being warned to change to another brand. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/mDQZqxp

Checking claims about how many doctors are working in general practice in England. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/VHdWRoa

Paralympic champion Charlotte Henshaw on the challenges she faces training and competing while living with endometriosis. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/x9Qj4OA

Whistleblowers from a rehab unit claim patients are left in bed all day without therapy. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/tU4vVgu

Emma Taylor was in a coma when she had a C-section in October, and doctors then found a brain tumour. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/gEiu7UX

Will a healthcare approach that has been successful in poorer parts of Brazil work in the UK? from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/zs7refN

The plan would see people able to access their records by smartphone without needing to call their GP. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/lEvFc2y

Data shows there are now fewer local chemists than at any time since 2015, despite rising demand. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/hjMaW7Y

Covid-19 global health emergency is over, more than three years after being declared - WHO says from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/7H8wRie

Around 15,000 children are not fully immunised against measles, mumps and rubella, a report finds. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/RyCge2c

The Deaf Arts Festival will tour Northern Ireland after premiering in Belfast this weekend. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/DcKSTe8

Experts warn of a lack of a trained support workers to teach key life skills others learn through sight. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/FfGyER4

Parents encouraged to check their children are up to date with their vaccinations. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/dMeGLYT

Officials say the vaccine against the deadly virus could be rolled out for older adults by August. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/Tw8LaCR

An anti-vaccine conspiracy film is supercharging the harassment of bereaved people from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/uFDeQjG

A report says the NHS is failing to meet targets around services for pregnant women and new mums. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/LRSMw7G

The second such drug in a year raises hopes we can start treating dementia. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/5uRyPGr

Content about the condition generates billions of views, but is it driving too many to self-diagnose? from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/tpIwDsa

More rigorous trials are needed to confirm the findings, the Canadian researchers say. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/EVlA03K

Three-year-old Taiwo, who weighed just 9.8kg (1st 5lb), died of malnutrition and dehydration. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/6ReXpgF

The government is meeting 14 NHS unions on Tuesday to try to reach a pay settlement. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/Z5X8uBm

Raychel Ferguson was nine when she died at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children in 2001. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/EBeS8Qi

The closure of Mullaghbawn practice will leave more than 5,000 patients without a registered doctor. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/bJAyTY4

The government says vaping has become a huge epidemic, particularly affecting young people. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/g0iHIvy

Hospitals that refused life-saving care during an emergency broke federal rules, health officials say. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/t7WZNGV

A meeting later is likely to see a deal in England agreed but nurses are still threatening strikes. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/WBjOwP7