BBC Health News
- CQC 'may reveal NHS cover-up names'
England's NHS regulator is to review a decision not to name those behind a possible "cover-up" after a series of baby... - Naked mole-rat gives cancer clues
A rodent that never gets cancer could hold the key to preventing or treating malignant tumours, say scientists. - Silver 'boost to antibiotic success'
Adding silver to antibiotics boosts their ability to fight infection, research suggests. - Police 'hold too many mentally ill'
Too many mentally ill people are being held in police cells, say four watchdog bodies. - Food labels system to be rolled out
A new consistent system of front-of-pack food labelling is to be introduced in the UK, the government says. - Coroner urges resuscitation clarity
Five organisations receive coroner's letters highlighting the "disturbing" death of a woman after paramedics were called... - 'Excessive' use of face-down restraint
Ministers are considering a ban on face-down restraint in English mental hospitals as figures show the technique is... - Surgery reduction hope on cancer
Some breast cancer sufferers could be treated with radiotherapy instead of more invasive surgery after a Europe-wide... - Doctors plea for Guantanamo care
An open letter published in the Lancet medical journal calls for hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay detainees to receive... - 'Quiet epidemic' of UK male cancer
Action is needed to fight a "quiet epidemic" of oesophageal cancer, which is on the rise in the UK, particularly in men,... - Baby success for new 'safer' IVF
In a world first, a healthy baby has been born using a "safer" new IVF method. - NHS 'needs to simplify urgent care'
The NHS in England needs to provide a simpler and co-ordinated system of round-the-clock urgent and emergency care, a... - Huge 'holograms' created for doctors
Two junior doctors develop giant 3D animations of human body parts to make medics' lectures more memorable. - Men 'to blame for the menopause'
Men choosing young women as partners meant fertility in older women was pointless, leading to the menopause, researchers... - Care of the dying 'litmus test'
People need a choice about where they die, say campaigners - Use your 'inner bat' to navigate
All humans might make use of echolocation - VIDEO: 'Restraint should be a last resort'
Mental health service user Naomi Ball recalls her experience of being physically restrained, as research from a mental... - VIDEO: Face-down restraint 'unpleasant'
Mental health services in England could be banned from using face-down restraint and many are training their staff to... - AUDIO: A life logged by apps
Masters Student Sarah Watson is using 12 phone apps to monitor her daily life - VIDEO: 'Why I secretly filmed my mum's care'
Mandy Mugford explains why she chose to secretly film the care of her mother, Margaret. - VIDEO: Face-down restraint ban considered
Mental health services in England could be banned from using face-down restraint, and many are training their staff to... - AUDIO: 'My dad's organs saved four lives'
Ten-year-old Caitlin Robertson urges the public to sign organ donation register, after her father's organs saved four... - VIDEO: Bringing health and social care together?
Chris Ham from the King's Fund said there should be a pooled budget for health and social care budgets as an ageing... - VIDEO: Lung transplant for ill 10-year-old
The family of a severely ill 10-year-old girl, who was given a prime spot on the adult transplant list by a US judge,... - Egypt girl's death puts spotlight on genital mutilation
Egyptian girl's death highlights continuing genital mutilation - Does a child die of hunger every 10 seconds?
Is it true that a child dies of hunger every 10 seconds? - Human cost of elderly care failures
What happens if care providers fail to note death rate lessons? - Life at Ashworth Hospital
Life at Ashworth hospital, home to Moors Murderer Ian Brady - Documentary charts MND sufferer's battle
Documenting Neil Platt's struggle with Motor Neurone Disease - Paracyclist 'has no fat under skin'
Paracyclist finally puts name to his rare genetic condition - The living dead: new way to embalm
How new embalming method will aid surgeons
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