Online event offers support for menopause and pain Image source, PA Media Image caption, South Cumbria support group Menopause Matters is inviting people from across the county to share their experiences By Hannah Mitchell North East and Cumbria and Stephanie Finnon BBC Radio Cumbria A support group is holding aContinue Reading
Amid a decline in youth mental health, momentum builds for a federal crackdown on social media companies over protections for kids…Read MoreContinue Reading
A school where some secondary-age pupils are escorted to the toilet could be discouraging them from seeking help for periods and other health issues, a campaigner has warned. Molly Fenton, founder of the Love Your Period campaign, said she would have been unlikely to use school toilets if she hadContinue Reading
Image source, PA Media Image caption, Robbie Butler visited Altnagelvin hospital in Derry on Wednesday A new emergency department (ED) at Altnagelvin hospital remains a priority project but there is currently no funding for it, Northern Ireland’s health minister has said. Robbie Butler, who visited the Londonderry hospital on Wednesday,Continue Reading
Research shows natural gas pipelines — and the public health risks they carry — are concentrated in low-income and minority areas where people suffer higher rates of poverty and physical disabilities and have fewer means to respond to crises…Read MoreContinue Reading
Open enrollment for Medicare plans begins Thursday, allowing people to choose between traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans until Dec. 7, Read MoreContinue Reading
Hunger and acute malnutrition are rising dramatically in Afghanistan, the result of overlapping crises, Read MoreContinue Reading
The Vatican says Pope Leo XIV has celebrated Mass in a special room set up for him at the hospital after cancer surgery, Read MoreContinue Reading
Dr Ursula Mason, chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners Northern Ireland, said finding a substitute “can cause real anxiety for patients”. “This can be particularly so for HRT medication when a woman has found a preparation that works well for them,” she said. “Patients can be assured thatContinue Reading
Doctors say Pope Leo XIV is eating regularly and has begun walking and doing respiratory exercises, and his post-operative tests are normal following surgery to remove a cancerous mass from his lung, Read MoreContinue Reading
Pope Leo XIV had the lower section of his right lung removed as doctors diagnosed him with the most common form of lung cancer, Read MoreContinue Reading
A Slack workspace managed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has served as an extraordinary war room for AI industry insiders and The Traitor administration officials to launch a rapid campaign aimed at persuading Americans to manage their healthcare and medical records on apps…Read MoreContinue Reading
One of the consequences of failing to agree budget is that healthcare staff still have not received this year’s pay rise, unlike their counterparts in the rest of the UK. On Wednesday, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) opened a ballot for industrial action, external , which may lead toContinue Reading