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NHS England says it wants to test 30,000 Jewish people over the next two years for faulty BRCA genes. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/dOPjDGY

A report finds failings at Edenfield mental health unit after BBC Panorama exposed patient mistreatment. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/18srLiy

Chemists can now prescribe antibiotics and other treatments without patients seeing a doctor. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/mPrcKqZ

This January was the driest in history with a survey suggesting one in five drinkers gave up alcohol. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/sP7xVkn

Doctors at The Christie in Manchester used a blood test to help decide on José Sotorrio's treatment. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/S3RuPEc

Every digital order fulfilled will save the GP three minutes, NHS Digital says. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/urWA7kX

Dan Richards was instantly paralysed after a "freak accident" during a New Year's Eve swim. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/KX5PaiR

Serious concerns are raised over maternity services at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/p1gtC6J

Playing an instrument is especially good for brain health and should be encouraged, researchers say. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/FszPq3e

Rishi Sunak announces the plan saying "we must act" to tackle a rise in vaping among children. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/931cDoe

Dermatologists say products with ingredients potentially harmful to children are growing popular. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/IYyNKR4

The King visits the Princess of Wales, who had surgery at the same hospital, ahead of his treatment. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/OezK1jb

Valdo Calocane was detained four times under the mental health act before killing three people. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/mleqDR7

Senior doctors in England reject proposed pay deal, as BMA union says offer "doesn't go far enough". from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/XG5NVuM

People were mistakenly taken off waiting lists for operations such as knee and hip surgeries. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/juNyXlT

Two Wilmslow doctors say the NHS is "broken" after they had to drive a patient to A&E themselves. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/geVP9Gr

Researchers say children who gained weight in the pandemic could develop diseases later in life. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/RxHJsaU

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's CQC rating is downgraded to "requires improvement". from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/eyMUD3o

The father and son on getting to grips with a degenerative eye condition. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/Y7sGVCR

Patients unable to afford private treatment are turning to "dangerous self-removal methods", the RNID says. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/snGgqzL

Urgent measures are needed now to stop further spread, the World Health Organization says. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/ItMnFEd

Gail Myerscough says she is "horrified" patients are put on trolleys in corridors at Royal Blackburn. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/Y7njaE6

The former prime minister tells BBC News sweets helped her out in some sticky situations in meetings. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/8j4nZ6w

It becomes the first nation in the world to roll out a universal anti-malaria jab for infants. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/xCgUJ2p

The medic intervenes while on a Ryanair flight to Verona for a skiing holiday. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/FRW3sAu

The Royal College of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians says women are being wrongly prosecuted. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/0xZkRqr

A spokesperson says a cancerous mole was found while the duchess was having reconstructive surgery. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/12aAcHn

Extreme sportsman Niall McCann talks frankly about life after crashing into a mountain at 50mph. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/CbLRneY

Daren Frankish says his cluster headaches are like being hit with a baseball bat and stabbed in the eye. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/gLPmyQo

Soaring rates of gonorrhoea and syphilis infections threaten to overwhelm services, experts warn. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/SNaTZUc

Cori Broadcast says she "started breaking down crying" after being told she had had a stroke at 24. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/7jpnA0U

Measles is likely to spread rapidly across more of the UK unless more people take up the vaccine, Dame Jenny Harries says. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/aHFQOw9

The mother of an 11-year-old Aberdeenshire girl claims failings were made by NHS Grampian. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/lAg7xKi

With the largest measure off the menu, 7.6% less volume of wine was sold daily, researchers found. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/aprxFtj

Pre-eclampsia affects millions of women worldwide yet is little understood, say scientists. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/mnKFglD

Charities have welcomed the King going public about his prostate problem. So what is it? from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/SLy7Ok0

Cases are rising across England, with health officials encouraging people to get vaccinated. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/yAmtvLa

A new review of available evidence suggests video gamers regularly exceed safe sound limits. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/zGDEuo4

Arthur, 11, was one of the first in the UK to try blinatumomab, for his type of blood cancer. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/VtEvFU8

Medics issue the warning after cases in the West Midlands rose by more than 30% in less than a week. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/oDme7q9

The UK Health Security Agency has issued an amber cold-health alert for the whole of England. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/WrpsQf1

On-shift with the Leeds hospital team caring for young knife crime patients in West Yorkshire. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/IJ5RAof

More than 7,000 hospital admissions could have been prevented in summer 2022 with full protection. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/IQYLvaE

Raised risks of anxiety, stress and suicidal thoughts have been highlighted by new research. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/3pKu19y

Angela Devlin, 26, says she was not offered a check as it was assumed she would not have an address. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/EIXPUQC

BBC Scotland's political editor says the discovery of a tumour was devastating - but that he's been lucky. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/E9hrqXg

When Natashja Wilson noticed symptoms of pelvic organ prolapse she had no idea what was happening. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/ahvqZR8

An inquiry is under way to ensure the deaths of three babies are not brushed off as isolated tragedies. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/7hz9L2u

Stephen Blakely hopes his TikTok content will help others with any stigma of using a stoma. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/2WVqdrf

How cutting-edge cancer genomics is now being used in mainstream cancer care. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/1gFR6by

BBC News finds key NHS targets have been missed for at least seven years - and two have never been met. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/AjfL7Sx

The DNA of ancient cattle herders has revealed how diseases evolved in Europe over thousands of years. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/gV0DaQm

The probe into vaccines and Covid drugs planned for the summer of 2024 has been delayed, inquiry officials have said. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/fRSh5dt

Police arrived at a distraught mother's house the day after her daughter died at Kettering General Hospital. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/lV4EUpv

The conmen in Bihar state promised to pay huge sums of money to men to get childless women pregnant. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/YABhCNa

Other NHS workers have risen in number five times more than midwives over the past decade. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/gzvcoaY

Cancer treatment centres have clubbed together to bulk-buy drugs and bring down costs by more than 85%. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/35HrmXF

The ballot announced on Monday will run for six weeks and could result in a 24-hour walk-out. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/hQ3MHTd

Rupert Johnston was left brain damaged after a car crash, but his prolific musical ability lives on. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/0vp7r5x

Health officials explain when to keep your child at home and how to stop the spread of bugs. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/4qoeLxi

Cancelled operations and exhausted staff - the BBC goes into a busy hospital coping during a strike. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/O1U5IWe

Thanks to its weight loss drug, Novo Nordisk briefly became Europe's most valuable firm in 2023. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/3AVRtnc

More than 1,600 pills were bought by a BBC reporter who entered false information online without challenge. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/EVWXpNn

Reckitt are recalling batches of Nutramigen powders after finding bacteria in an "isolated overseas sample". from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/YnfUMEk

A new antibiotic compound could help treat a bacterium the World Health Organization classes as a major threat. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/eN3fYQi

NHS bosses make more than 20 requests for junior doctors to return to work on the first day of a strike. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/cCDVY2g

Junior doctors will begin a six-day walkout in England, causing severe disruption to services. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/lwRIKNM

A planned six-day junior doctors' strike will have a big impact on routine care, a health chief says. from BBC News - Health https://ift.tt/BdRzyTk