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BBC News - Health
BBC News - Health
last updated: Mar 18 2019 9:34 PM
- MPs call for tax on social media companies
Their report says the money should be used to fund research into the health impact of social media.
- Children's noses 'hold clues' to serious lung infections
A study finds the bacteria and viruses in the nose could give clues to improve the diagnosis.
- McDonald's: Tom Watson urges chain to drop Monopoly campaign
The campaign is a "danger to public health" as it encourages people to eat more, says MP Tom Watson.
- NHS let me down, says health manager with cancer
A patient with late-stage bowel cancer hits out as figures show cancer waits are at their worst level since records began.
- Ellie Long inquest: Norfolk trust must take action after death
A coroner calls for changes at a health trust following the death of 15-year-old Ellie Long.
- Mushrooms may 'reduce the risk of mild brain decline'
Eating the fungi more than twice a week cut people's risk of memory and language problems, a study found.
- Cancer's 'internal wiring' predicts relapse risk
Breast cancer is 11 separate diseases each with a different risk of relapse, says study.
- Cholesterol-lowering pill 'new option for statin users'
A new type of drug could help some people with high cholesterol.
- Gene-editing babies: Call to pause humanity-altering research
Leading scientists call for a temporary ban on research to "re-engineer the human species".
- Oscar Saxelby-Lee: Mum 'overwhelmed' by stem cell donor campaign
Thousands of people have registered to find a stem cell match for a five-year-old with leukaemia.
- Northern Health Trust staff told to clean own offices
A union says the idea is "absurd" as office staff are asked to vacuum and dust their work areas.
- Truro woman not told of cancer for three months
Beverley Smith only learned she had cancer 11 days before she died, because results were not shared.
- Professor Stephen Hawking's nurse struck off over his care
Patricia Dowdy was accused of financial misconduct and failing to properly care for the scientist.
- Bradford schoolchildren act as mental health mentors
Children in Bradford are learning how to support each other with mental health.
- Racing driver Robert Kubica returns to Formula 1 after serious accident
Polish racing driver Robert Kubica is returning to Formula 1 after a serious accident in 2011 partially severed his arm.