‘Women grow up with pain as a part of their lives’
A health campaigner says women’s relationship to pain is shaped by the way they grow up with it as a part of their lives.
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No health warnings? Vapes may get different treatment under new tobacco law
Parliament is debating how vapes and smokeless products should be regulated under South Africa’s proposed new tobacco control law.
Relying on drugs to stop obesity would be ‘societal failure’, says Chris Whitty
England’s top doctor says the drugs should be for a minority and more effort is needed to prevent obesity in the first place.
How to use AI tools to support our wellbeing in safe and simple ways
Do you know the important difference between open and closed AI?
Realising an Everest Base Camp dream…
Read how an adventure to Everest Base Camp might be more attainable than you think, even for a solo woman traveller from South Africa.
It took 10 years to get surgery for my endometriosis
Ami Clarke shares her experience of living with endometriosis.
Cancer patient leaves Dubai on ‘miracle flight’
A woman arrives back in Plymouth in time to begin her chemotherapy treatment.
Charity hopes new HQ can bring people together
Health Connections is to renovate six floors of its new base as spaces for people to come together.
Surgeon’s op on patient 1,500 miles away a UK first
The milestone procedure went well, with patient Paul Buxton saying he felt “fantastic”.
Fewer Pregnant Women Received Acetaminophen in E.R.s After White House Warnings
A new analysis of prescription data found that emergency room orders for acetaminophen for pregnant women fell for weeks after the federal warning.
‘Game-changing’ urine tests could detect breast cancer, endometriosis and PCOS
New tests are being developed to spot early signs of breast cancer and endometriosis in urine.
‘Moment of reckoning’ needed in social care, says Louise Casey
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).
Woman reveals pain of living with endometriosis
“People have horrendous periods and think they just have to live with it… [but] you don’t,” she says.
Trying to get social care can be ‘horrendous’, Baroness Casey tells BBC
The chair of the independent commission on adult social care also says the care system relies on the exploitation of its workforce.
F.D.A. Faces Upset Over Denials of New Drugs
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.
$2.5 Million Rift Pits Cannabis Pioneer Against Group That Backed Her
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.
Death of boy after surgery is referred to coroner
Nine-year-old Jack Moate died in 2015, weeks after an operation carried out by a now-suspended surgeon.
Majority of South Africa malaria-free, says NICD
A recent risk assessment conducted by the NICD indicates that contracting malaria while travelling within Mzansi remains incredibly low.
In Sierra Leone, a New Maternal Hospital Aims to be the Blueprint
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.
Most Patients Keep Weight Off With Fewer GLP-1 Shots, Study Finds
In a recent review, a small group of patients received the injections less frequently but still maintained weight loss and health benefits.
Gemma Oaten on eating disorders
For Eating Disorders Awareness Week, actor Gemma Oaten joined us in the studio