http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/video_and_audio/health/ The latest stories from the Health section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:16:10 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/go/rss/int/news/-/news/video_and_audio/health/ 120 60 15 Alastair Campbell reckons MPs are more likely to suffer from mental health issues than the one-in-four figure for the general population. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-politics-16860489 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16860489 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:23:43 GMT Doctors are calling for newborn babies to be given vitamin D, to protect them from bone disease and other illnesses. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-16850185 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16850185 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:23:15 GMT The Royal College of GPs calls for the health bill to be scrapped, heaping more pressure on the government's controversial reforms in England. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-16866730 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16866730 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:55:40 GMT Comedian Ruby Wax said depression was like "being in a coma, but awake" as the panel debated how politicians should discuss their issues. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-politics-16870802 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16870802 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:57:41 GMT Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become drug addicts, according to scientists at the University of Cambridge. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16861495 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16861495 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:40:57 GMT Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon has become the first NHS hospital in Britain to be managed by a private company. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-16838513 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-16838513 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:24:17 GMT Scientists have unveiled a new technique for decoding human brainwaves and then converting them into speech. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16844432 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16844432 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:34:50 GMT A new online test is being launched that will help people with asthma gauge to what extent they are at risk from a serious attack. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-16829744 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16829744 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:07:51 GMT A singing teacher - who once auditioned for the Spice Girls, is trying to raise awareness of the rare neurological condition that's paralysed her voice box. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-wales-16802801 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-16802801 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:29:36 GMT High school students in the small community of Leroy, New York State, have been coming down with strange tics and verbal outbursts, with no obvious cause. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-16800781 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16800781 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:19:58 GMT Sarah Sturdey goes on the trail of the people producing illegal alcohol and finds out the sometimes dire consequences for those who drink it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-16760295 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16760295 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:12:25 GMT A new BBC programme aims to explain the challenges social workers face in their daily working lives. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-16795467 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16795467 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:09:48 GMT Changes to the NHS in England have created an "unholy mess", the editors of three leading journals have said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-16806433 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16806433 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:32:35 GMT Activists stage a "daring and disruptive act of civil disobedience" in opposition to the Government's controversial welfare reforms http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-politics-16771670 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16771670 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:07:48 GMT More than 100 people have died in Lahore after taking contaminated heart medicine, Pakistan officials have said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-16770494 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16770494 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:08:00 GMT A woman who cares for her husband and son who both have cancer told Radio 5 live that she does not receive enough support. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-16758162 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16758162 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:58:29 GMT Debbie Lewis had her PIP breast implants removed after they ruptured and leaked http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-16748364 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16748364 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:42:30 GMT A Tyneside soldier travels to Austria for the first stage of a process to fit him with a bionic arm he will be able to control with his mind. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-tyne-16746496 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-16746496 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:07:38 GMT More than 100 people have now died in Lahore after taking contaminated heart medicine, Pakistan officials have said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-16749305 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16749305 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:01:58 GMT The Today programme's Andrew Hosken reports concerns have been raised that a deficiency in vitamin D could have a connection to sudden infant death syndrome. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/today/hi/today/newsid_9687000/9687020.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9687000/9687020.stm Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:19:16 GMT A group of injured soldiers are training to climb Mount Everest for the charity Walking With The Wounded http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-16740144 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16740144 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:57:11 GMT Spending on social care for the elderly in England is falling this year, despite the assurances of ministers, an analysis by Age UK suggests. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-16784748 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16784748 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:32:29 GMT "Progress is too slow" and the NHS faces a "huge challenge" in making the savings needed to safeguard its future, the chairman of the health select committee has warned. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-16696197 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16696197 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:14:02 GMT The prime minister has defended the government's NHS reforms saying they had the support of thousands of GPs across the country. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-politics-16725030 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16725030 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:35:00 GMT The death rate from heart attacks in England has halved in the last decade, says an Oxford University study. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-16751793 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16751793 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:46:18 GMT The shadow health secretary has accused the government of creating chaos by pushing on with its Health and Social Care Bill. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-16700514 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16700514 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:08:20 GMT More than 40,000 British women were given breast implants made by PIP, the French company at the centre of an international scare. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-16751168 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16751168 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:39:07 GMT More than a million people in the UK who care for someone with cancer are potentially missing out on vital support and benefits, according to the charity Macmillan Cancer Support. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-16754908 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16754908 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:05:25 GMT The first results of a trial involving human embryonic stem cells have been published in a medical journal. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-16710538 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16710538 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:10:09 GMT The owner of a French breast implant company at the centre of a safety scare has been arrested in southern France. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-europe-16749740 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16749740 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:37:56 GMT A mother from Northamptonshire has met a paramedic to thank him for saving her week-old baby daughter's life. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-16652703 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-16652703 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:46:17 GMT Pressure is building on ministers over NHS reforms in England, following a critical report by MPs. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-16696188 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16696188 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:07:53 GMT A bereavement suite has opened at Milton Keynes Hospital to support parents who have stillborn babies. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-16682127 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-16682127 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:08:32 GMT Health minister Simon Burns disagreed with the findings of the Commons Health Select Committee chaired by a former Conservative health secretary. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-politics-16702923 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16702923 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:55:47 GMT Newsbeat gets a tour around the UK factory where silicone breast implants are made. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/newsbeat/16657251 http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/16657251 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:27:48 GMT Nurses and midwives have announced they will fight the government's plans for a major shake up of the NHS in England. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-16624964 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16624964 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:45:51 GMT Chris Ham, chief executive of the King's Fund, analyses the path of the Health Reform Bill and Health Secretary Andrew Lansley responds to criticism from the medical community. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/today/hi/today/newsid_9681000/9681662.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9681000/9681662.stm Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:43:05 GMT The British Government has announced it is to significantly increase funding to fight disease in the most deprived parts of the world. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-16663898 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16663898 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:40:35 GMT Cosmetic surgery advertising should be banned and annual checks carried out on surgeons, the industry has said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-16676735 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16676735 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:03:32 GMT Staff at the Royal Hospital neo-natal unit in Belfast are trying to find the source of the bacterial infection linked to the deaths of three babies. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-16660988 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16660988 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:34:20 GMT Visitors to London's Science Museum are being invited to have their faces scanned in 3D. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16588956 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16588956 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:45:50 GMT The work and pensions secretary said Macmillan Cancer Support was wrong to claim 7,000 cancer patients would see their incomes fall by £94 a week from April. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-politics-16616797 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16616797 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:54:20 GMT Sixteen major disability charities are calling for the the government to delay planned changes to benefits for disabled people. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-16588953 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16588953 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:33:46 GMT The NHS in Northamptonshire has agreed to pay for a seven-year-old boy's private treatment in Germany for a rare childhood cancer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-16614843 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-16614843 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:42:34 GMT A Suffolk man who has lost a life-changing 40 stone - more than half his former body weight - now needs an operation to remove excess skin. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-suffolk-16531023 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-16531023 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:27:39 GMT Scientists from London's Roehampton University are studying the effects of ballet on people with Parkinson's Disease. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-london-16573752 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16573752 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:34:30 GMT NHS manager Elliot Browne told Radio 5 live that he did not think at first that he was dismissed because of the colour of his skin. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-16580945 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16580945 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:56:38 GMT A team of medical workers in Mexico were caught on camera as they dropped a donor heart being rushed to hospital for an urgent transplant. Despite the mishap the heart transplant was a success. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-16540914 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-16540914 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:03:45 GMT The Forth Valley Hospital is using a new robot to sort the mail, the first of its kind to be used in any hospital in Europe. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-16530418 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16530418 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:51:34 GMT Cricketer Andrew Flintoff has been exploring the issue of depression amongst professional athletes for a BBC documentary. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-16501970 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16501970 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:28:33 GMT The mother of a baby fighting for his life after a difficult birth, has questioned why it took almost two hours for an ambulance to arrive. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-essex-16517230 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-16517230 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:05:06 GMT The chairman of the Harley Medical Group says replacing PIP implants would put the company out of business. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-16510424 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16510424 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:06:29 GMT The Welsh government says it will pay to remove faulty breast implants which were fitted privately. Until now, only patients who had the French made PIP implants fitted by the health service were guaranteed NHS treatment - a position that hasn't changed in England. It's been estimated that up to 2,000 women in Wales have had the implants. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-wales-16498864 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-16498864 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:11:28 GMT Dr Richard Horton of medical journal, Lancet, outlines their concerns over the regulation of medical devices by private providers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/today/hi/today/newsid_9675000/9675434.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9675000/9675434.stm Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:59:31 GMT Scientists at the University of Glasgow say they have found a key genetic indicator of how long an individual will live. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-16488730 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16488730 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:11:17 GMT New research suggests that taking an aspirin every day, which is commonly thought to reduce the risk of heart attacks, could be doing more harm than good. Professor Kausik Ray explains. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/today/hi/today/newsid_9674000/9674700.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9674000/9674700.stm Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:48:03 GMT It is estimated 6,000 babies are born every year in England with foetal alcohol syndrome because their mothers drank alcohol when pregnant. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-16188932 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16188932 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:50:31 GMT Health campaigners have voiced concerns that many people are not getting enough vitamin D, which could lead to an increase in related diseases. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-16439478 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16439478 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:13:05 GMT