Dr XandMorning Live doctor BBC and Getty Dr Xand and people eating popcorn Scroll through social media or glance at the supermarket shelves and you’ll see endless products claiming to improve your gut health. It seems everyone’s talking about looking after their microbiome – the trillions of tiny organisms living in our digestive system –…
A council has won a High Court battle to vaccinate a baby against her mother’s wishes. Islington Council faced a legal challenge by one of its residents after it arranged for her eight-month-old daughter to receive routine vaccinations while the child was in its care. The mother, known only as Ms S, had refused the…
Emer MoreauBusiness reporter Getty Images The report said that a 22-year-old who falls out of work for health reasons could lose out on £1m over the course of their lifetime. The number of sick and disabled people out of work is putting the UK at risk of an “economic inactivity crisis” that threatens the country’s…
For the first time in Great Britain, there are more over-16s using vapes or e-cigarettes than smoking cigarettes, according to the Office for National Statistics. Some 5.4 million adults use vapes daily or occasionally, compared with 4.9 million using cigarettes, an ONS survey for 2024 suggests. Daily use of vapes is most common among 25-49…
Georgia RobertsPolitical Correspondent SUPPLIED Natalie Rowntree says both she and her husband have been using sick days to attend IVF appointments Natalie Rowntree from North Yorkshire has recently started her IVF journey, and describes the process as “intense”. The 38-year-old has had seven IVF-related appointments in the space of eight weeks, including multiple blood tests,…
This analysis compares ACA Marketplace costs to employer-sponsored health insurance costs and finds that individual market premiums have become more similar to employer-sponsored premiums since 2017. In 2024, individual market insurance premiums averaged $540 per member per month, slightly below the average $587 per member per month premium for fully-insured employer coverage. The analysis uses…
Introduction This report provides an analysis of donor government funding for family planning in low- and middle-income countries in 2024, the most recent year available, as well as trends over time. It includes both bilateral funding from donor governments and their contributions to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). It is part of an effort…
Getty Images The Maldives has banned young people born on or after 1 January 2007 from smoking tobacco, becoming the only country in the world to enforce a nationwide generational tobacco prohibition. The archipelago’s health ministry announced on Saturday that it would be illegal for younger generations to use, buy or sell tobacco within the…
Getty Images Some high-street clinics are putting lives at risk by allowing unqualified non-specialists to carry out baby scans, the Society of Radiographers (SoR) has warned. The trade union says its members have seen examples of pregnant women being incorrectly diagnosed with serious health conditions and given dangerous advice. Other expectant mums have been sent…
Lena-Zaharah MohammedBBC Wales BBC/PA Elen has previously called on the Welsh government to offer more funding, better information and greater sensitivity to women’s health The Traitors star and Welsh opera singer Elen Wyn says she is “grateful to have an abnormal anatomy” as it ultimately led to her endometriosis diagnosis. Appearing on the podcast It’s…
