Pig Organ Transplants May Pose a Dilemma for Some Jews and Muslims
The taboo against pork is deeply entrenched in both religious traditions. But the prohibition is not absolute.
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‘People Are Losing Hope’: Suicide Risk Is Rife in ICE Detention Centers
Immigrant detainees are not receiving proper mental health care, lawyers and advocacy groups say, and reports of suicide attempts are persistent.
RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Committee Likely to Target Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns
Committee members, some of whom are vaccine skeptics, are likely to recommend restricting the use of the shots at birth or delaying them until later in childhood.
How gaming can be good for your mental health
Psychologist and gaming expert Nick Ballou has five ways how gaming can boost your mental health and wellbeing.
Let’s have a conversation about periods
Three teenage girls talk to 5 Live about the importance of safe and open conversations on topics such as hormones, periods and mental health.
Severe inequality in London for weight loss drugs
Interest in the drugs has risen but patients face a “postcode lottery” when trying to access them.
Kennedy Adds Five New Members to Vaccine Committee
The committee, whose members were appointed by the health secretary and include vaccine skeptics, will meet on Thursday to review recommendations for several shots.
Maternity review ‘will not deliver justice’ – mum
Lauren Caulfield was cared for at NHS hospitals in Leeds and Bradford before her daughter’s death.
Why you might not need that magnesium supplement…
Drs Chris and Xand sit down with Professor Stella Volpe, the Head of the department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise at Virginia Tech in the US.
When a Simple Swim Carries a Risk of Dangerous Illness
The parasitic infection schistosomiasis affects an estimated 200 million people globally, many of them children. But campaigns to identify and treat it face formidable hurdles.
Fourteen NHS trusts’ maternity care to be investigated over ‘failures’
Families impacted have criticised the review, calling it “not fit for purpose”.
Hospital opens room for miscarriage support
The space will provide “compassionate care during a profoundly difficult time”, says a ward sister.
Cut and bulk: Teenagers explain why they want to get ripped
The quest for brick-like abs has become serious business – even if you’re only in Year 8.
Woman loses faith in hospital after miscarriage
Emma Simmonds says she will never return to the hospital, this week rated England’s worst.
Bonnie Addario, 77, Dies; Survivor of Lung Cancer Made Fighting It a Cause
After climbing in the business world, she received a dire diagnosis, spurring her to found leading nonprofit groups to promote early detection and research.
Targeting Hims & Hers, F.D.A. Takes on a New Type of Drug Advertiser
Regulators sent about 100 warning letters this week to drug advertisers, including to Hims & Hers, a major online provider of weight-loss drugs.
Overlooked No More: Eglantyne Jebb, Who Started a Movement With Save the Children
She co-founded the organization after she was outraged to learn that children were starving after World War I, when the British blocked aid to several countries.
Marilyn Diamond, Who Wrote a Blockbuster Diet Book, Dies at 81
“Fit for Life,” which she wrote with her husband, was a best seller in the 1980s promoting good health ahead of weight loss. But doctors were critical.
Michel Odent, Pioneer of Natural Birthing, Dies at 95
His innovations, including homelike delivery rooms and birthing pools, were based on his belief that “human birth cannot work as long as a woman is thinking.”
I quit my job to run a silent disco exercise group
The Silent Steppers began in 2024 to promote physical and mental wellbeing.
Belgian Authorities Say $10 Million Supply of Birth Control Has Not Yet Been Destroyed
Contraceptives bought by U.S.A.I.D. have been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse. The U.S. government said the products were destroyed, but local authorities found them.