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The chair of the independent commission on social care recommends introducing a full-time dementia tsar, and new fast-track passport system for people diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND).
“People have horrendous periods and think they just have to live with it… [but] you don’t,” she says.
The chair of the independent commission on adult social care also says the care system relies on the exploitation of its workforce.
Agency officials promise fast reviews of new treatments while vowing they will not be a “rubber stamp” for the industry. But patients with rare diseases view recent decisions as signs that the doors are closing on their options.
A dispute between the nonprofit Housing Works and the owner of a cannabis dispensary shows the risks for businesses in an industry that is locked out of traditional financing and resources.
Nine-year-old Jack Moate died in 2015, weeks after an operation carried out by a now-suspended surgeon.
A recent risk assessment conducted by the NICD indicates that contracting malaria while travelling within Mzansi remains incredibly low.
The country has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. Isata Dumbuya, a nurse and midwife, has made it her mission to change that.
In a recent review, a small group of patients received the injections less frequently but still maintained weight loss and health benefits.
For Eating Disorders Awareness Week, actor Gemma Oaten joined us in the studio
A Buckinghamshire charity urges people to craft reusable pads to raise awareness of period poverty.
Maternity services at the trust are the subject of the largest inquiry of its kind in NHS history.
A team that transports seriously ill children says its workload is increasing with no additional funds.
It is time to move beyond the “baby brain” cliche, say scientists who scanned dozens of women’s brains.
The inquiry, which is in its last week of scheduled public hearings, is examining the pandemic’s ‘Impact on Society’.
The TV presenter shares how counselling has given her new perspectives on life.
Emma-Louise Amanshia speaks to Anya Aggarwal, a mental health clinician who helps people using the Wysa AI chatbot.
Linzi Stone was meant to start chemotherapy on Friday but has no idea if she will get back in time.
The inquiry into the government’s handling of the pandemic has published two reports with eight more to follow.
The Trump administration has eliminated health care positions left vacant after a wave of resignations and retirements at the V.A. last year.
Spartanburg County in South Carolina is ground zero for the largest measles outbreak since 2000. One school has a vaccination rate of 21 percent.