Health

The assisted-living facility in Edina, Minn., where Jean H. Peters and her siblings moved their mother in 2011, looked lovely. “But then you start uncovering things,” Ms. Peters said. Her mother, Jackie Hourigan, widowed and developing memory problems at 82, too often was still in bed when her children came to see her in mid-morning. “She wasn’t being toileted, so …

A former triathlete whose terminal cancer was initially mistaken for long Covid has been given months to live. Olivia Knowles, from Blackpool, noticed something “wasn’t quite correct” in August 2023 while competing in the Half Ironman World Championship in Lahti, Finland. The two-mile swim and 56-mile cycle went smoothly but she added she “just wasn’t able to push as hard …

Jenny Rees Health correspondent, BBC Wales News Getty Images There could be increased levels of intervention to get patients fit for surgery, such as people being asked to lose weight or exercise more, before they are placed on a waiting list More details on plans to only add people who are “fit and well” to surgery waiting lists and crack …

A view shows The World Health Organisation (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, January 28, 2025. — Reuters Aid cuts result in “pandemic-like effects” on health systems. Can further have “more structural, deep-seated effect: Dr Aylward. Vital services for maternal, newborn, child health being rolled back. LONDON: Cuts to aid budgets are threatening to undermine years of progress in reducing the number …

Robert F Kennedy Jr speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, on the day he is sworn in as secretary of Health and Human Service in Washington, DC, US, February 13, 2025. – Reuters WASHINGTON: A second child with measles has died in Texas, state officials said on Sunday, in an outbreak of the childhood disease that has …

A second child has died from measles as an outbreak of the highly contagious virus continues to grow in western Texas. The school-aged child was not vaccinated, had no underlying health conditions and was in hospital suffering complications from measles, Aaron Davis, the vice-president of UMC Health System, told the BBC. US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, who has …

Charlie Haynes BBC Investigations, East Midlands BBC Jayne Evans is one of hundreds of “placeholder” resident doctors who do not know where they will be based Jayne Evans has completed four years at medical school in London – but says she is still being left in the dark about where her first permanent NHS position will be. “I was told …

Thousands of pounds of liquid egg substitutes sold under two popular brand names have been recalled because of the potential risk of contamination with a cleaning solution, federal safety regulators said. Cargill Kitchen Solutions in Lake Odessa, Mich., recalled about 212,268 pounds of products under its Egg Beaters and Bob Evans labels because they may contain a cleaning solution with …

Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Staff at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon began adapting the male urinary bottle for women It is hoped a device adapted to allow immobile female hospital patients to go to the toilet more easily could be rolled out nationwide. Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Swindon, has called its move to bring in …

A new health and wellbeing strategy is being launched, in a bid to improve life expectancy for those living in less affluent areas of a Surrey borough. Epsom and Ewell Borough Council has opened a public consultation on the project, which aims to improve mental and emotional wellbeing. The authority said a previous scheme highlighted a life expectancy gap of …