At This Ballet Company, the Priority Is Dancers’ Mental Health
Azara Ballet in Florida is a place where performers can just be themselves.
Health
‘I feel blessed to get weight-loss jab’ – but can the NHS afford it for all?
We meet some of the first NHS patients, as expert says funding everyone eligible would “bankrupt” the service.
Chronic Pain: Five Things We Know About Causes, Treatments and Diagnoses
After developing chronic pain, I started looking into what scientists do — and still don’t — understand about the disease. Here is what I learned.
Chronic Pain Afflicts Billions of People. It’s Time for a Revolution.
As many as two billion people suffer from it — including me. Can science finally bring us relief?
Could a mango-flavoured pill end intestinal worms?
The pill is a combination of two existing anti-parasitic drugs that, used together, appear more effective.
James Arthur Ray, Self-Help Guide Whose Retreat Became Deadly, Dies at 67
A rising star among New Age motivational speakers, he was brought down by a disaster during one of his retreats in Arizona, where three people died in a sweat lodge.
You May Be Able to Have Grapefruit Again Someday
Scientists have identified a gene that causes production of a substance in some citrus that interferes with many medications.
I woke from a coma to find my baby had been born
Atlanta McIntyre hopes to raise awareness of hyperemesis gravidarum, a condition that affects 1 in 100 pregnant women.
‘I paid fake doctor thousands for fillers – now I look like a gargoyle’
Cosmetics clinic says it has “totally reviewed all procedures” since treating Andrea.
Inside the UK’s first legal drug consumption room
The Thistle will open its doors next week after nearly a decade of deadlock over drug laws.
Richard M. Cohen, News Producer Who Wrote of a Health Challenge, Dies at 76
When he was 25, he learned that he had multiple sclerosis. He coped with the disease throughout a long career at several networks, recalled in a best-selling memoir.
BBC goes inside hospital battling unprecedented winter pressures
As pressures on the NHS bite, doctors are facing terrible decisions about who should get a bed.
Peter Fenwick, Leading Expert on Near-Death Experiences, Dies at 89
He was a neuropsychiatrist who was studying consciousness when a patient explained what had happened to him, and he realized the phenomenon was real.
‘Approaching the Light’: Peter Fenwick and Stories of Near-Death Experiences
Dr. Fenwick, a neuropsychiatrist, assembled anecdotes from more than 300 people in his book “The Truth in the Light.” Here are some of them.
‘I can’t keep running my pharmacy from my savings’
Dipak Pau says pharmacists like him are using their own savings to cover the rising cost of drugs.
Alarm as skyrocketing flu cases add to NHS strains
More than 5,400 patients in hospital with flu as delays in A&E and for ambulances mount.
Defining Depersonalization Derealization Disorder
The sensation of being detached from your surroundings may point to a hard-to-diagnose condition.
Carole Wilbourn, Who Put Cats on the Couch, Dies at 84
When cats bite or scratch, they’re trying to tell you something. Wilbourn, a cat therapist, was a pioneer in the art of listening to them.
Study Links High Fluoride Exposure to Lower I.Q. in Children
The results of a new federal analysis were drawn from studies conducted in other countries, where drinking water contains more fluoride than in the United States.
‘Patients are collapsing in the waiting room’: A&E nurses speak out
Nurses working on the front line of emergency care have spoken to the BBC about pressure they are facing.
Mum told to give seriously ill son painkillers amid ambulance delay
Brian Rooney is in an induced coma after suffering a cardiac arrest at the doors of a Belfast hospital.