Emer Moreau Business reporter, BBC News Syreeta Sandhu Syreeta Sandhu has spent £15,000 on IVF IVF patients are being warned over unregulated “concierge clinics” after a popular one went bust leaving scores of clients without treatment or refunds. As the number of privately funded IVF cycles has risen, online concierge companies have emerged, acting as […]
Ruth Clegg Health and wellbeing reporter, BBC News Getty Images Emma is doing something she swore she would never do. In an attempt to have some control over her children’s vaping habits, she’s resorted to buying them the vapes herself. She’s not proud of it, but says it feels like the only way to keep […]
Getty Images Temperatures are set to be well above average in many parts of the UK, and UV levels are expected to be high. How can you protect your skin from the sun’s rays and what should you do if you get burned? What do the SPF numbers mean on sunscreen? The most prominent number […]
Tsunami waves have hit parts of Russia and Japan after a massive earthquake off the Russian coast, with alerts issued for dozens of other countries, including the United States and the Philippines. Potentially hazardous waves were expected in parts of the US, much of coastal Latin America and numerous Asian and Pacific island states later […]
Richard Price BBC News, West Midlands UHNM Bosses say they aim to improve treatment for patients with endometriosis as a result of the study A Staffordshire hospital trust has been awarded £250,000 to research a new method for treating endometriosis. University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) bosses said they aim to improve treatment […]
Gwyndaf Hughes Science Videographer Amanda Clark/Cabinet Office Prof Michele Docherty showed courage and talent to become Astronomer Royal Astronomer Prof Michele Dougherty did not study science in secondary school – but was instead inspired to learn more about space after using her father’s telescope. Now she is the first woman to be appointed the UK’s […]
Adam Eley Social affairs producer BBC Tim has been unable to leave his bed since February of this year Tim Hull can point to many achievements during his 56 years. He’s run his own handyman business and housed Ukrainian refugees for two years. He’s even been in the Guinness Book of Records: at nearly 7ft […]
U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Two senators introduced a resolution Tuesday evening to preserve the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, following reports that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may soon fire its current members. Sen. Angus King, an independent from Maine and Senator Elizabeth […]
Michelle Roberts Digital health editor Getty Images During hot weather, it can be easy to overheat, sometimes resulting in heat exhaustion or heatstroke. Heat exhaustion is not usually serious as long as you can cool yourself down – but heatstroke is a medical emergency which requires immediate treatment. Some groups, including older adults, young children […]
Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Link et al/Biology Letters The researchers say the terror bird did not survive the encounter Teeth marks made on the leg bone of a large avian reptile known as a terror bird 13 million years ago suggest an even bigger predator may have killed it, scientists say. Terror birds […]