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BBC News - Health
BBC News - Health
last updated: Apr 21 2018 5:28 PM
- Cystic fibrosis: Company urged to lower cost of life-changing drug
Health ministers call on company to lower price of cystic fibrosis drug Orkambi so the NHS can afford it.
- Allied Healthcare: Home care provider seeks rescue plan
Allied Healthcare, one of the UK's biggest providers of in-home care, blames a "challenging environment".
- Is marathon running bad for you?
Some 40,000 runners are due to take part in the London Marathon, but are those 26.2 miles doing us harm?
- 'World's worst' super-gonorrhoea man cured
The patient had a lucky escape say doctors, but now two more cases have been discovered.
- London Marathon: How to run in the heat
This London Marathon may break the record for the hottest yet, so how do you run in the heat?
- Scientists discover mechanism behind motor neurone disease
An international team found that a protein causes brain cells to die when it is stuck in the jelly phase.
- Alfie Evans case: Supreme Court rules against parents for second time
The court has also refused permission for the parents of the terminally ill toddler to appeal.
- Bedford Hospital nurse struck off for 'squeezing' patient's breasts
Gbadebo Olasunkanmi Alabi said "Everything on your body is perfect" to the patient.
- Medic suspended over Tipton mother's sepsis death
An internal investigation will take place at Russells Hall Hospital after Natalie Billingham's death
- Ex-MP Tessa Jowell first to donate data to medical database
Former Culture Secretary Baroness Tessa Jowell hopes better cancer treatments can be developed.
- Skin implant could help warn of cancer, scientists say
It works by detecting elevated levels of calcium in the blood linked to some cancers.
- Being a patient 'a full-time job'
Rising numbers of people have multiple health conditions, leading to endless appointments and check-ups.
- Bajau people 'evolved bigger spleens' for free-diving
In an example of human natural selection, Asia's Bajau people have evolved bigger spleens for diving.
- Thalassaemia gene therapy trial shows 'encouraging' results
The treatment meant some patients stopped needing blood transfusions altogether.
- Hospitals recruit managers faster than doctors and nurses
Three quarters of NHS hospital trusts are employing more managers than they did five years ago.