01/Oct/18
Is it really possible to reduce violent crime by tackling it like an infectious disease?
Health News
01/Oct/18
When Jackie Britton was given a blood transfusion after childbirth, she thought it was saving her life. But the infected blood could have killed her. There are thought to be thousands like her. They often feel overlooked in the wider NHS contaminated blood scandal.
01/Oct/18
Three patients, all paralysed from the waist down, have been able to walk again after having an electrical patch fitted to their spinal cords.
01/Oct/18
Limiting children's recreational screen use has been linked with improved cognition.
01/Oct/18
People with severe allergies have been told they can use their EpiPens past their normal expiry date, amid a continuing shortage of the devices.
30/Sep/18
The British Nutrition Foundation is launching a concept called the "quality calorie", to make people think more about the types of foods they eat.
30/Sep/18
Despite previous attempts to limit access to treatment, Denmark now has the biggest proportion of babies born through assisted reproductive technology (ART) in the world.
30/Sep/18
A shortage of EpiPens is causing worry for people with allergies in the UK.
30/Sep/18
Eating a Mediterranean diet may help prevent depression, research suggests.
28/Sep/18
Life expectancy in the UK has stopped improving for the first time since 1982, when figures began.
27/Sep/18
Uganda is the most physically active nation in the world, according to a recent report by the World Health Organization. The BBC's Patience Atuhaire went to find out why.
27/Sep/18
Emotional testimonies from people infected with HIV and hepatitis have been heard at the start of the inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal.
26/Sep/18
The first patient in the UK has been treated with a pioneering new radiotherapy machine.
25/Sep/18
When Jackie Britton was given a blood transfusion after childbirth, she thought it was saving her life. But the infected blood could have killed her. There are thought to be thousands like her. They often feel overlooked in the wider NHS contaminated blood scandal.
25/Sep/18
A Chinese hospital ship has docked in Venezuela, where for the next week it will provide free health care to local patients.
24/Sep/18
Puddings should be banned from school meals if the Scottish government wants children to be healthier, say dentists.
24/Sep/18
Obesity is set to overtake smoking as the biggest preventable cause of cancer in UK women by 2043, a Cancer Research UK report predicts.
23/Sep/18
Midwives are calling for official guidance on how much weight is healthy for women to put on during pregnancy.
23/Sep/18
Many yoghurts are full of sugar and the public should not be lulled into thinking they are eating healthy products, researchers say.
23/Sep/18
Luke Watkin was in year eight at school and alone in a corridor when he first heard a strange noise.
