http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa The latest stories from the Health section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Sat, 26 May 2012 00:45:55 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 120 60 15 A new NHS patient rating system - known as the "friends and family test" - is to be introduced to help improve nursing care in England. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18198383#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18198383 Fri, 25 May 2012 00:04:42 GMT It may be possible to develop a new form of male contraceptive after researchers in Edinburgh identified a critical gene for the production of healthy sperm. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18190352#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18190352 Thu, 24 May 2012 23:04:41 GMT A growing number of primary care trusts are placing restrictions on access to eye surgery, figures obtained by campaigners show. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18176017#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18176017 Thu, 24 May 2012 00:15:36 GMT Babies who are delivered through Caesarean section are twice as likely to become obese than those born traditionally, US research suggests. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18173273#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18173273 Thu, 24 May 2012 00:22:16 GMT People who take calcium supplements could be increasing their risk of having a heart attack, according to researchers in Germany. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18175707#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18175707 Thu, 24 May 2012 00:18:37 GMT Tackling polio has entered "emergency mode" according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative after "explosive" outbreaks in countries previously free of the disease. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18186393#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18186393 Thu, 24 May 2012 11:34:50 GMT A woman with rabies twice visited an A&E unit in Kent before she was diagnosed and admitted to a London hospital, it emerges. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-18192494#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-18192494 Thu, 24 May 2012 14:41:29 GMT Two prescription gluten-free pizza bases can cost the NHS as much as £35, BBC Newsnight has learned. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17755552#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17755552 Thu, 24 May 2012 07:33:51 GMT The government is risking the lives of women under 25 in England by not screening them for cervical cancer, according to two MPs. http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/18166055#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/18166055 Thu, 24 May 2012 05:45:46 GMT Hundreds of thousands of heart patients could benefit from new blood thinning drugs to cut their risk of stroke, guidelines recommend http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18157970#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18157970 Wed, 23 May 2012 16:07:15 GMT Scotland will become the first place in the UK to introduce minimum drink pricing, after MSPs passed the plan at parliament. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-18160832#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-18160832 Thu, 24 May 2012 16:24:07 GMT Parents need to do more to stop children spending too much time in front of televisions, computers and smartphones, according to a psychologist. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18149510#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18149510 Mon, 21 May 2012 23:47:39 GMT The Olympic torch has been carried by a man with Parkinson's Disease, who managed to get out of his wheelchair and walk the last few paces. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18137508#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18137508 Mon, 21 May 2012 18:39:25 GMT Why doctors should talk more about death http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18101418#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18101418 Fri, 18 May 2012 02:43:27 GMT Destination London's Paddy O'Connell finds out how London's Air Ambulance Service will provide critical care during the Olympics. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-18180924#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-18180924 Fri, 25 May 2012 07:36:03 GMT Patients in England will be asked if they would recommend the hospital they were treated in to friends and family, to help improve nursing care. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18203230#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18203230 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:04:02 GMT The mother of two-day-old twins has described the moment they died in her arms after being given a morphine overdose at Stafford Hospital. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18181867#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18181867 Wed, 23 May 2012 16:34:33 GMT Patrick Sachon explains how the Met Office counts pollen from the roof and labs of King's College London. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17944765#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17944765 Tue, 22 May 2012 23:04:42 GMT Surgeon Aimee Di Marco demonstrates how a digital cadaver on a touchscreen dissection table can be used to teach students and plan operations. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18173263#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18173263 Wed, 23 May 2012 23:28:59 GMT Member states of the WHO, meeting in Geneva, are expected to declare polio a global public health emergency, and will launch one last push to finally eradicate the disease. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18185882#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18185882 Thu, 24 May 2012 05:39:10 GMT BBC Radio 5 live's Victoria Derbyshire went to an abortion clinic to hear what women who want abortions go through. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18175249#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18175249 Wed, 23 May 2012 15:41:24 GMT Many patients with advanced cancer and other debilitating conditions are being "under-treated" for their pain, new guidance from the health watchdog NICE says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18165917#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18165917 Tue, 22 May 2012 21:59:56 GMT The England & Wales Cricket Board wins health award http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18184614#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18184614 Fri, 25 May 2012 00:43:16 GMT As a case is confirmed in London, how common is it? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18188682#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18188682 Thu, 24 May 2012 10:38:35 GMT Why is the disease not a thing of the past? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18181521#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18181521 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:25:55 GMT How a giant touchscreen is teaching surgeons http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18088337#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18088337 Thu, 24 May 2012 01:43:20 GMT Are we facing the end of new drug discovery? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18095669#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18095669 Tue, 22 May 2012 00:32:01 GMT GP and ex-independent MP on new party's election hopes http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18077009#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18077009 Tue, 22 May 2012 12:41:39 GMT Fixing bones after years of Arab world violence http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18118527#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18118527 Mon, 21 May 2012 10:09:12 GMT