BBC News - Health

The latest stories from the Health section of the BBC News web site.
  1. VIDEO: Jamie: 'I've given up on politics'
    TV chef Jamie Oliver says he has given up on trying to change governments' attitudes to healthy eating, as he visits New York in a bid to tackle obesity there.
  2. 'Debt deterring would-be doctors'
    The prospect of high student debt and increased pension contributions could discourage young people from entering medicine, a senior doctor warns.
  3. Concussion risk for rugby players
    Do repeated concussions lead to brain damage?
  4. 'Champions' raise diabetes awareness
    How ethinic minorities are being informed about diabetes
  5. Kids' cardiac service criticised
    An independent panel says cardiac services at Glasgow's Sick Children's Hospital "may be unsafe if critical staffing problems are not addressed".
  6. Parent classes 'not nanny state'
    Prime Minister David Cameron defends free parenting classes in England, denying they are the policy of a "nanny state".
  7. Dementia patient 'had 106 carers'
    A woman claims her husband, who had dementia, was given 106 different carers in a single year.
  8. VIDEO: 'I felt trapped' in female body
    Music producer Thomas Dolby describes how one of his latest songs, Simone, was inspired by his son, Harper, who was born a girl but changed genders.
  9. Why we should talk more about death
    Why doctors should talk more about death
  10. Father wants 'donation' lessons
    A father who lost his son to leukaemia is calling for schools and colleges to make a lesson on donating stem cells, blood and organs part of the curriculum.
  11. Dieting 'safe for pregnant women'
    Dieting in pregnancy is safe and does not carry risks for the baby, a review of research has suggested.
  12. VIDEO: Statins 'could benefit healthy people'
    Thousands of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented if the cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins, were more widely prescribed, research suggests.
  13. Making dramatic impact on health
    How dancers are making a dramatic impact on dementia
  14. UK retains strict animal test law
    The UK says it will retain stricter animal testing standards than required by a new European Union Directive.
  15. AUDIO: Should workers be tested for drugs?
    BBC Radio 5 live's Victoria Derbyshire got reaction to the Metropolitan Police chief's suggestion that all workers should be screened.

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