Much has been written about the Trump Administration’s early effort to suppress data collection, presentation, and research related to LGBTQ – and particularly transgender – people’s health. A day one executive order (and subsequent HHS guidance and an OPM memorandum) on “gender ideology” laid out the administration’s approach to sex and gender, defining sex as…
Sophie HutchinsonBBC health correspondent and Stuart Woodwardat the Lampard Inquiry BBC Oxevision uses infrared sensors and cameras to monitor patients while they are in their bedrooms The public inquiry into the deaths of at least 2,000 people under the care of mental health services heard “grave concerns” about the use of a digital patient monitoring…
James MelleySenior Social Affair Producer Family photo Maria Morris’s family says they still have questions about what led to her death A mental health trust says it is planning to install CCTV following the death of a patient in mysterious circumstances. Maria Morris, 44, was found unresponsive at Bethlem Hospital in south London on 21…
Former prime minister Rishi Sunak has stepped up his call for a targeted screening programme for prostate cancer. In a BBC interview he said he was “convinced of the urgency ” of introducing such a programme which would be affordable, deliverable and “save countless lives”. His comments come as the UK National Screening Committee reconsiders…
Jen SmithSouth West health correspondent BBC Candi Hulley had to learn how to speak and eat again during her recovery for mouth cancer A woman whose tongue had to be reconstructed with a piece of her leg because of mouth cancer is urging people to check for the warning signs. Candi Hulley, 52, from Bude,…
Jonathan GeddesGlasgow and west reporter and Hayley Jarvis BBC Cameron McGerr believes CPR should be taught in all schools Cameron McGerr should have been with his parents to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary last month. Instead, Lynne and Kevin McGerr’s 16-year-old son stood in front of MSPs in the Scottish Parliament and revealed he had…
BBC Kelly Pardy’s eight-week nature prescription included snorkelling and rock-pooling Kelly Pardy was born with juvenile macular degeneration – a visual impairment that affects her central vision. The impact of the condition became particularly challenging when she became unemployed for a period of time. However, a referral to a “blue” social prescribing scheme in 2023…
Ruth CleggHealth and wellbeing reporter @hotgirlenhancements The facelift is moving into new territory. A quick search on socials and my feed is inundated with posts from people in their late 20s, 30s, discussing different types of facelift – the mini, the ponytail, the deep plane. Gone are the days when facelifts were reserved for the…
BBC Dr Steinman says working at the unit has taught her the “strength of the human spirit” When the first hostages are released by Hamas in Gaza, taken into Israel and transferred by helicopter to the Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva, Dr Michal Steinman will take them up to the sixth floor, swipe open…
Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC News Watch science correspondent Victoria Gill put herself through a thermal imaging stress test When I was asked to give an impromptu five-minute speech and then to count backwards in intervals of 17 – all in front of a panel of three strangers – the acute stress was written on my…
