Health

Georgia RobertsPolitical Correspondent SUPPLIED Natalie Rowntree says both she and her husband have been using sick days to attend IVF appointments Natalie Rowntree from North Yorkshire has recently started her IVF journey, and describes the process as “intense”. The 38-year-old has had seven IVF-related appointments in the space of eight weeks, including multiple blood tests, scans and X-rays, one of …

Thick smoke rises from the steel mill in the Zenica suburb of Tetovo in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.— Reuters One in five deaths from cardiovascular disease in Europe could be prevented by mitigating environmental risks such as air pollution, the EU’s environment agency warned on Monday. Addressing extreme temperature changes, exposure to toxic chemicals, pollution and other factors is “crucial …

Getty Images The Maldives has banned young people born on or after 1 January 2007 from smoking tobacco, becoming the only country in the world to enforce a nationwide generational tobacco prohibition. The archipelago’s health ministry announced on Saturday that it would be illegal for younger generations to use, buy or sell tobacco within the country. The ban “reflects the …

Faheem sets up a fishing trap, with the bridge over the River Ravi in the background, amid smog in Lahore, Pakistan, November 5, 2024. — Reuters Multan smog to intensify in coming days. Punjab schools are closed before 8:45am. Fines up to Rs500,000 for repeat violations. Lahore’s air quality hit “Hazardous” on Monday morning, topping the global IQAir ranking with …

Getty Images Some high-street clinics are putting lives at risk by allowing unqualified non-specialists to carry out baby scans, the Society of Radiographers (SoR) has warned. The trade union says its members have seen examples of pregnant women being incorrectly diagnosed with serious health conditions and given dangerous advice. Other expectant mums have been sent to hospital after being told …

Lena-Zaharah MohammedBBC Wales BBC/PA Elen has previously called on the Welsh government to offer more funding, better information and greater sensitivity to women’s health The Traitors star and Welsh opera singer Elen Wyn says she is “grateful to have an abnormal anatomy” as it ultimately led to her endometriosis diagnosis. Appearing on the podcast It’s Not JUST a Period!, the …

Getty Images Thousands of people from some of Scotland’s most deprived areas are to be offered free weight-loss jabs as part of government-funded research. Up to 5,000 people in Scotland will take the injections as part of the multi-million pound study being led by Glasgow University. The findings will provide insight into the lives of people living with obesity and …

BBC ​​I’m bald, and that bothered me for a long time. ​​ It bothered me that I was bothered. But just one swipe down my Instagram feed reveals I’m not the only man who is self-conscious about his hair. I’m greeted with videos and posts offering me hair transplants, regrowth tablets, thickening sprays, powders that fill gaps, and hair systems …

Angie BrownEdinburgh and East reporter Kat Denisi Kat is now cancer-free but is now struggling with the symptoms of medically-induced menopause When Kat Denisi was diagnosed with breast cancer at 32 she was put into a medically-induced menopause to stop her hormones fuelling the tumour. The set designer also underwent radiotherapy, which left her with burns on her body and …

Health workers attend a WHO-led training session for the measles and rubella campaign in Balochistan province, Pakistan. Photo credit: — WHO The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced partnering with the Pakistani government to train over 140,000 health workers for an upcoming nationwide measles and rubella (MR) vaccination campaign that aims to protect 35.4 million children aged 6 to 59 …