The company behind popular weight loss drug Mounjaro has offered a discounted deal to UK suppliers which is expected to limit the price increase to consumers from September. Earlier this month, EliRead More…
Michelle RobertsDigital health editor, BBC News and Aoife WalshBBC News Getty Images Chickenpox can start with flu-like symptoms, such as a high temperature and headache. All young children in the UK willRead More…
Michelle RobertsDigital health editor, BBC News Getty Images Calamine lotion can be used to help relieve the itchiness of chickenpox spots Young children in the UK will soon be offered a freeRead More…
Stethoscopes powered by artificial intelligence (AI) could help detect three different heart conditions in seconds, researchers say. The original stethoscope, invented in 1816, allows doctors to listen to the internal sounds ofRead More…
Luke MintzBBC News BBC Harold Dillard was 56 when he was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer around his abdomen in November 2009. Within weeks the former car mechanic and handyman – aRead More…
Sharon BarbourHealth correspondent, BBC North East and Cumbria Supplied Baby Saskia had the typical measles rash Nowhere in the north-east of England and Cumbria has the childhood measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)Read More…
Getty Images People with learning disabilities and autism in England are dying almost 20 years younger than the rest of the population, a long-awaited report has said. The annual mortality review commissionedRead More…
Michelle RobertsDigital health editor, BBC News Getty Images The government is planning a new law in England to stop anyone under the age of 16 buying energy drinks such as Red Bull,Read More…
Katie Thompson and Jo BlackBBC News BBC Elissa says constipation needs to be screened for in every area of healthcare A mother who feared her two-year-old son’s untreated constipation could have killedRead More…
Michelle RobertsDigital health editor, BBC News BBC Organ transplants certainly save lives but having surgery is a big undertaking with significant risks Is it possible to become immortal with the help ofRead More…