Entries by BBC News - Health

Family’s shock after eight-year-old daughter has stroke

Naomi Graham, aged eight, was at a youth club in Klikeel, County Down, when she collapsed.

Perimenopause periods left me needing a transfusion

Women speak about the "nightmare" of perimenopausal bleeding in the hope others feel comfortable opening up.

Jakarta: Living with asthma in the world’s most polluted city

Jakarta residents like Farah are being told by their doctors to move out of the Indonesian capital.

NHS: Is Wales worse than England for waiting lists?

Can waiting times be compared between Wales and England?

Eating disorder psychologist ‘made patients sicker’

Multiple women say they were told to take part in 'bizarre' treatment practices by a psychologist.

Mum fears NHS trust cover-up over Cambridgeshire suicides review

Hannah Roberts's mother heard about a review into the NHS trust's suicides via the media.

AI: Stroke patient helped to walk by high-tech trousers

Julie Lloyd is trialling the high-tech garment that helps paralysed people's rehabilitation.

NHS apps to improve access to weight-loss jabs

Draft health guidance says more people will benefit from online advice from medical experts.

£250m funding for more hospital beds in England this winter

Government funding will provide 900 new hospital beds by January, with 4,100 to follow soon after.

EastEnders: Shane Richie’s Alfie Moon set for prostate cancer story

Shane Richie's character is diagnosed with prostate cancer in a script devised to raise awareness.