Not everyone can picture images in their mind's eye and remember sounds or faces - but why?
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Saturday, March 30, 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Study links PMS with perinatal depression
Women with premenstrual disorders are much more likely to have birth-related depression, researchers say.
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Woman saw 20 doctors before endometriosis diagnosis
Dearbhail Ormond was diagnosed with endometriosis after seeing 20 doctors across 18 years.
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Could assisted dying be coming to Scotland?
MSPs will get the chance to make Scotland the first part of the UK to let people legally end their lives.
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Wrong patient fitted with coil after Caesarean
Other so-called never events include a patient almost having the wrong toe amputated during surgery.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
The families borrowing to pay for care
Like TV presenter Kate Garraway, other families are struggling with the cost of care.
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Katie Price warns about 'damaging' plastic surgery
The model says women have cosmetic procedures younger than she did, and they all look like "aliens".
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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Council spending on special needs transport doubles
The rising cost of getting children to school is a key driver of current pressure on council budgets.
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Public satisfaction with NHS at lowest ever level
Just 24% of Britons say they are satisfied, citing waiting times and lack of staff as key concerns.
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Fitness coach talks of heart attack shock at 22
Faith Harrison says she was given a second chance following her heart attack after a hockey game.
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Monday, March 25, 2024
Disposable bans will not work, says vape boss
British American Tobacco boss says bans overseas are not 'effective' and the illegal market is high.
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Leaked emails reveal child gender service concerns
BBC News has seen emails from senior NHS bosses saying some patients could be at risk.
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Doctors' A&E safety warnings snubbed by watchdog
Consultants at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital warned patient safety was "seriously compromised".
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Health workers will get promised payments
More than 27,000 healthcare workers in England will receive one-off payments of at least £1,600.
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Junior doctors in Wales begin four-day strike
Junior doctors begin their longest walkout to date until Friday in a dispute over pay.
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Saturday, March 23, 2024
The man in the iron lung: How Paul Alexander lived life to the full
He spent 72 years using an iron lung machine to breathe after surviving polio as a child.
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Friday, March 22, 2024
What we know about Kate's cancer diagnosis
In a video message she said she started preventative chemotherapy last month.
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What is pregabalin and why can it be dangerous?
The prescription drug has been linked to a number of deaths in the UK and around the world.
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Smoking ban for those born after 2009 moves ahead
The UK government pushes ahead with plans for some of the world's toughest anti-tobacco laws.
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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
What are assisted dying, assisted suicide and euthanasia?
Many countries have legalised assisted dying, assisted suicide or euthanasia, which are different.
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Scientists say they can cut HIV out of cells
The gene-editing method used might ultimately offer a way to remove HIV, experts say.
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Children with allergies 'put at risk by schools'
The family of a five-year-old who died after collapsing at school is calling for more legislation.
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Women waiting 10 years for endometriosis diagnosis
New figures show the average wait in Wales to have the condition diagnosed is the longest in the UK.
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Pneumonia treatment in kitchen 'tremendous'
Sean Daly says it is a bonus knowing he helped free up a bed at Daisy Hill Hospital for someone else.
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What are assisted dying, assisted suicide and euthanasia?
Many countries have legalised assisted dying, assisted suicide or euthanasia, which are different.
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Monday, March 18, 2024
Women waiting 10 years for endometriosis diagnosis
New figures show the average wait in Wales to have the condition diagnosed is the longest in the UK.
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Friday, March 15, 2024
Doctors question science behind blood sugar diet trend
Experts say there is "no strong evidence" the monitors, proven to be effective in managing diabetes, can also help people without the condition.
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Reality TV star Vicky Pattison: Why I'd donate my frozen eggs
The reality TV star tells the BBC why she plans to donate any eggs she doesn't use.
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What is the infected blood scandal?
Thousands were infected with HIV and hepatitis C, in the worst treatment disaster in NHS history.
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What is the infected blood scandal?
Thousands were infected with HIV and hepatitis C, in the worst treatment disaster in NHS history.
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Thursday, March 14, 2024
Trying to stay alive in a town of despair
How a team of former addicts are trying to stop others from becoming "deaths of despair" in Blackpool.
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Need an op? The hospitals with the worst waits
BBC News analysis reveals wide variation across England in waits for planned hospital treatment.
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Different measure to BMI may spot childhood obesity better, study says
Researchers who have studied thousands of children suggest a new measure could be more accurate.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Vicky Pattison: Why I’d donate my frozen eggs
The reality TV star tells the BBC why she plans to donate any eggs she doesn't use.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Push for young adults to get MMR jab as cases rise
Young people are being urged to have their measles, mumps and rubella vaccine following a rise in measles cases.
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NHS Cornwall issues norovirus alert
The NHS said "very contagious" norovirus was "doing the rounds" in Cornwall and it wanted to prevent it spreading.
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What is the new vaping tax and when will it start?
The government will introduce a new vaping tax on top of measures to stop children vaping.
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Monday, March 11, 2024
Artists bid to make Aids memorial near Diana ward
Judges will choose between five artists to create London's first permanent Aids memorial.
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Workplace mental health service firm investigated
Allegations of poor practice at major UK provider Health Assured have been made to BBC File on 4.
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Missing WhatsApps a real embarrassment - Gething
Wales' pandemic health minister regrets not having his messages available to the UK Covid inquiry
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Nurse with cancer 'horrified' over five-month wait
Some people with cancer are being "completely let down" by not being treated on time, experts say.
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Sisters' warning after heart attacks days apart
Rebecca and Angharad Lewis are urging greater awareness of a heart condition which can be fatal.
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Sunday, March 10, 2024
Over-40s urged to get free blood pressure checks
Millions of people do not realise they have dangerously high blood pressure that needs treating, says NHS England.
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Friday, March 8, 2024
Cancer patients at risk, says NHS complaints chief
A health system "at breaking point" is causing delays in diagnosis and treatment, says ombudsman.
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Fertility clinic licence suspended over 'concerns'
Regulators have ordered the centre to halt any new procedures while an investigation continues.
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Thursday, March 7, 2024
Patients facing uphill struggle to see GPs - report
Analysis identifies areas with the fewest doctors in England, as the drive to boost numbers falls short.
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Coroners' death reports reveal NHS warnings rise
A BBC investigation finds 109 warning letters last year highlighted NHS waits or resource pressures.
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Whooping cough warning for England, as cases rise
There have been more than 500 cases of the risky infection since the start of the year, officials warn.
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Postcode check: How's the NHS coping in your area?
As the NHS enters 2024 and a difficult winter period, find out what's happening in your area.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Alabama enacts fast-tracked law to protect IVF
Its passage comes barely two weeks after a state ruling that frozen embryos are children sparked a political firestorm.
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What is the new vaping tax and when will it start?
The government will introduce a new vaping tax on top of measures to stop children vaping.
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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
'I embrace my alopecia, but I’d love my old hair back’
People living with alopecia could have access to treatment on the NHS in Scotland for the first time.
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Unions back improved NHS senior doctor pay offer
Consultants in England to vote on new deal after rejecting previous offer by narrow margin.
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Consultants and specialist doctors vote to strike
Doctors will walk out in April over "extreme pressures" and "unsafe staffing levels".
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NHS trust admits failures over death of baby boy
A coroner hears hospital staff failed to give Zachary Taylor-Smith's mum antibiotics during labour.
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Monday, March 4, 2024
Medical leaders back rise in physician associates
But the doctors’ union is concerned about patient safety because of a new law regulating those roles.
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'I embrace my alopecia, but I’d love my old hair back’
People living with alopecia could have access to treatment on the NHS in Scotland for the first time.
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Man hails 'quality of life' drug available on NHS
Ross Cunliffe says "the right thing has been done" in making daratumumab available on the NHS.
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Can green 'super powders' really make you healthy?
Products containing probiotics, vitamins and antioxidants are being sold as healthy essentials.
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Friday, March 1, 2024
Kidney donor mum and son take on world on skis
Just living a normal life was the biggest hope, now Alex will take on the world on the slopes.
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Thousands more appointments hit by doctor strike
The NHS England said 91,000 appointments and procedures were cancelled due to the walkout this week.
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Doctors' regulator refused to investigate Harrods medical tests
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