Relying on drugs to stop obesity would be 'societal failure', says Chris Whitty

Health News BBC - Fri, 03/06/2026 - 18:00
England's top doctor says the drugs should be for a minority and more effort is needed to prevent obesity in the first place.
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Relying on drugs to stop obesity would be 'societal failure', says Chris Whitty

Health News BBC - Fri, 03/06/2026 - 18:00
England's top doctor says the drugs should be for a minority and more effort is needed to prevent obesity in the first place.
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How to use AI tools to support our wellbeing in safe and simple ways

Health News BBC - Fri, 03/06/2026 - 17:42
Do you know the important difference between open and closed AI?
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Sheep are disappearing from our hills - and our dinner plates

Scientific News BBC - Fri, 03/06/2026 - 14:57
Have we have passed "peak sheep" in the UK?
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It took 10 years to get surgery for my endometriosis

Health News BBC - Fri, 03/06/2026 - 14:12
Ami Clarke shares her experience of living with endometriosis.
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It took 10 years to get surgery for my endometriosis

Health News BBC - Fri, 03/06/2026 - 14:12
Ami Clarke shares her experience of living with endometriosis.
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Cancer patient leaves Dubai on 'miracle flight'

Health News BBC - Fri, 03/06/2026 - 13:13
A woman arrives back in Plymouth in time to begin her chemotherapy treatment.
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Charity hopes new HQ can bring people together

Health News BBC - Fri, 03/06/2026 - 09:12
Health Connections is to renovate six floors of its new base as spaces for people to come together.
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'Game-changing' urine tests could detect breast cancer, endometriosis and PCOS

Health News BBC - Fri, 03/06/2026 - 09:11
New tests are being developed to spot early signs of breast cancer and endometriosis in urine.
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Surgeon's op on patient 1,500 miles away a UK first

Health News BBC - Fri, 03/06/2026 - 09:02
The milestone procedure went well, with patient Paul Buxton saying he felt "fantastic".
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'I'm still haunted that he died alone': The last voices of the Covid inquiry

Health News BBC - Fri, 03/06/2026 - 07:52
Bereaved families have the final say as the Covid inquiry completes three years of public hearings.
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'I'm still haunted that he died alone': The last voices of the Covid inquiry

Health News BBC - Fri, 03/06/2026 - 07:52
Bereaved families have the final say as the Covid inquiry completes three years of public hearings.
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BBC Inside Science

Scientific News BBC - Fri, 03/06/2026 - 00:00
Space warfare, space manufacturing and satellite data at Space Comm Expo
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'Moment of reckoning' needed in social care, says Louise Casey

Health News BBC - Thu, 03/05/2026 - 20:49
The chair of the independent commission on social care recommends introducing a full-time dementia tsar, and new fast-track passport system for people diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND).
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Covid inquiry chair defends £200m cost and four-year process on final day

Health News BBC - Thu, 03/05/2026 - 20:04
Baroness Heather Hallett said completing the hearings in under four years was an achievement but critics have questioned its cost.
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Woman reveals pain of living with endometriosis

Health News BBC - Thu, 03/05/2026 - 15:34
"People have horrendous periods and think they just have to live with it... [but] you don’t," she says.
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Woman reveals pain of living with endometriosis

Health News BBC - Thu, 03/05/2026 - 15:34
"People have horrendous periods and think they just have to live with it... [but] you don’t," she says.
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Dentists return £900m for not seeing NHS patients

Health News BBC - Thu, 03/05/2026 - 11:12
Sum represents £1 out of every £7 they have been given by NHS as dentists opt to chase private work.
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Wildlife trust's centenary 'free weekend in nature'

Scientific News BBC - Thu, 03/05/2026 - 09:24
The Norfolk Wildlife Trust is opening its sites for free as part of its 100th birthday celebrations.
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'My son can now enjoy life': Children with severe form of epilepsy helped by new drug

Health News BBC - Thu, 03/05/2026 - 01:06
Families say the groundbreaking medicine is transforming the lives of children with Dravet syndrome.
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