Entries by BBC News - Health

A daytime nap is good for the brain

Those prone to napping had brains that looked up to six years younger than everyone else.

Covid Inquiry: Mistake not to consider range of pandemics – David Cameron

David Cameron says "group think" meant government focused on flu pandemics, rather than other diseases.

Lucy Letby trial: Nurse ‘gaslighted colleagues to hide baby murders’

Nurse Lucy Letby is accused of being a "calculating and devious" opportunist who killed babies.

Vicky Pattison: ‘Sharing my egg-freezing journey nearly broke me’

Vicky Pattison says she does not regret sharing her egg-freezing journey, despite negative messages.

Antidepressants: Two million taking them for five years or more

The scale of long-term use - and concerns about withdrawal symptoms - are revealed by BBC Panorama.

Graeme Souness: Football legend swims Channel for £1m fundraiser

The ex-footballer finishes the challenge in 12 hours and 17 minutes as part of a six-person relay team.

Nottinghamshire woman says her dog helped her find breast cancer

Trisha Allison says her two-year-old collie cross Luna is her "little lifesaver".

Covid inquiry: UK’s public services were ‘depleted’ when Covid hit

The nation's health was declining and the NHS was struggling by 2020, the Covid inquiry hears.

Mpox vaccines extended after spike in cases in London

Gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in London are advised to have the vaccine.

Doctor Nicholas Chapman put bodily fluid in woman’s coffee

Dr Nicholas Chapman will be sentenced in July after being found guilty of a sexual offence.