Entries by BBC News - Health

Parkinson’s diagnosis motivates musician to record with heroes

Samuel Smith thought his diagnosis might stop him playing, but he went on to record with his heroes.

Matt Hancock says UK’s pandemic strategy was completely wrong

Planning focused more on burying the dead than averting disaster, ex-health secretary says.

Bath scientists develop 3D-printed artificial knee

Five patients undergo the fitting of the implant, designed to preserve the patient's own knee joint.

AI cuts treatment time for cancer radiotherapy

The technology will be offered at cost price to all NHS trusts in England, following successful pilot studies.

Organ harvesting: Trafficked for his kidney and now forced into hiding

The inside story of the Nigerian market trader whose case exposed illegal organ removal in the UK.

Lewis Capaldi: How success affected his mental health

The singer warned he may have to take a break from performing after struggling at Glastonbury.

Monkey dust like ‘dancing with the devil’

An addict says the psychoactive substance has "destroyed" the town of Hanley in Stoke-on-Trent.

She helped kill Roe v Wade – now she wants to end abortion in America

Kristan Hawkins has relentlessly pursued one goal - to make abortion unthinkable and unavailable.

Vaping: E-cigarettes have ruined my life, woman says

Belle Moore, 19, who started vaping at 16 years old says she feels like she has "no control over it".

Supermarket trolleys reveal heart problems in shoppers

Special sensors in the handle can detect an irregular heartbeat that raises the risk of stroke.