Entries by BBC News - Health

Figures show maternal death rate race disparity /in /by

Figures suggest the rate is almost four times higher for women from black ethnic minority backgrounds.

Autistic teenager was stuck on general hospital ward for months /in /by

Experts say it was the wrong place for the 16-year-old, but she had nowhere else to go.

Apprentice doctors considered in radical NHS plan /in /by

School leavers would be able to enrol to become doctors without having to pay to go to university.

The grandfather they said would never walk again /in /by

The 86-year-old is able to climb stairs and do laps of the garden at an Edinburgh nursing home.

The grandfather they said would never walk again /in /by

The 86-year-old is able to climb stairs and do laps of the garden at an Edinburgh nursing home.

Somerset: Pioneering spine surgery helping patients to recover /in /by

The technique uses an internal camera and aims to reduce patients' pain and hospital stay.

Somerset: Pioneering spine surgery helping patients to recover /in /by

The technique uses an internal camera and aims to reduce patients' pain and hospital stay.

‘Shocking’ lack of evidence on antidepressants for chronic pain /in /by

Hundreds of thousands are prescribed medication without enough scientific proof it helps, UK experts say.

Poor diabetes care may be behind 7,000 excess deaths /in /by

More than half of people with diabetes missed out on vital checks last year, charity Diabetes UK says.

US health panel releases new breast cancer screening guidelines /in /by

A team of medical experts is recommending US women start getting mammograms at age 40.