Tag Archive for: BBC News

Roe v Wade: ‘Could abortion bans put my IVF at risk?’
Women in the US are worried that changes to abortion laws could affect their fertility treatment.
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Fitness: Only 5,000 steps a day needed to stay healthy, study shows
The step count needed to reduce the risk of disease is lower than previously thought, research suggests.
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Antidepressants: I wasn’t told about the side-effects
Seonaid Stallan's son took his own life two months after he was given a different antidepressant.
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Weight-loss drug heart benefit ‘significant’
Trial suggests Wegovy cuts risk of cardiovascular event in overweight people with heart disease by a fifth.
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Winter Covid vaccines axed for under-65s
Only those aged 65 and over or in at-risk groups should be invited for jab, say UK experts.
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Mother awake for 60 hours as son’s care breaks down
NHS system for seriously ill people requiring home care is struggling to provide sufficient support.
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Porton Down: Can this laboratory help stop the next pandemic?
James Gallagher meets the scientists who work at one of the most secretive research bases in the UK.
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US approves postpartum depression pill
Clinical trials showed the drug helped to reduce depressive symptoms in as little as three days.
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NHS to expand use of private sector to tackle waits
Ministers in England want to unlock spare capacity, but Labour accuse them of dither and delay.
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Chance discovery helps fight against malaria
Scientists have found a strain of bacteria which they believe could prevent spread of the disease.
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