Entries by BBC News - Health

ADHD on TikTok: Raising awareness or driving inaccurate self-diagnosis?

Content about the condition generates billions of views, but is it driving too many to self-diagnose?

Medicinal cannabis helps cancer pain – study

More rigorous trials are needed to confirm the findings, the Canadian researchers say.

NHS strikes: What is the new NHS pay offer?

A pay deal affecting a million NHS workers has been reached, but three unions may still strike.

Hyponatraemia inquest an opportunity for the truth, mother says

Raychel Ferguson was nine when she died at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children in 2001.

NHS pay deal signed off for one million staff

Ministers agree to pay a 5% rise in England - but nurses are still threatening strike action.

Müller recalls six Cadbury desserts over listeria concerns

The recall includes Cadbury Flake and Dairy Milk Buttons and people are advised not to eat them.

Cardiff: Mother of fasting death son given hospital order

Three-year-old Taiwo, who weighed just 9.8kg (1st 5lb), died of malnutrition and dehydration.

Mullaghbawn: GPs warn of breaking point as practice at risk of closure

The closure of Mullaghbawn practice will leave more than 5,000 patients without a registered doctor.

Australia to ban recreational vaping in major public health move

The government says vaping has become a huge epidemic, particularly affecting young people.

Nurses out on strike in half of England’s NHS

NHS England warns that staffing levels in some parts of the country will be "exceptionally low".