Tag Archive for: BBC News – Health

Tool promised to help non-verbal people – but did it manipulate them instead?
Experts say a tool supposedly helping nonverbal people speak is prompting false criminal allegations.
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Eye and ear checks to be offered to autism students at school
An NHS scheme is bringing checks into special schools to help identify issues sooner.
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Eye and ear checks to be offered to autistic students at school
An NHS scheme is bringing checks into special schools to help identify issues sooner.
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NHS bosses want chippy to sell fruit and veg
Plans for a new takeaway prompt health bosses to chip in with their own suggestions.
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Trial to diagnose breast cancer more quickly
A scheme to let women with symptoms book an appointment directly with a clinic is being trialled.
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WHO approves first mpox test for quick diagnosis
Lack of testing and delays in getting the results have made curbing the virus's spread harder.
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MPs to get first vote on assisted dying for nine years
MPs will consider proposals to change the law so some terminally ill people can choose to end their life.
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Work-to-rule punishes patients, Streeting tells GPs
The health secretary will outline measures on cutting "red tape" and alleviating paperwork for GPs in a speech on Friday.
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Sharp rise in vaping among young adult non-smokers
A million adults have started vaping despite never having been regular smokers, scientists estimate.
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‘Laura had cancer but was misdiagnosed on the phone’
Laura Barlow "could have lived for longer" had she been seen face-to-face, her husband believes.
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