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Thousands of patients in England will be able to access weight-loss jabs via their GP from Monday for the first time.The mass rollout on the NHS…

People living with sickle cell disease face substandard care as its treatment significantly lags behind advances relating to other genetic disorders such as cystic fibrosis, a…

Chris CraddockBBC Jersey communities reporterBBCA panel of experts talked about the issues facing women in JerseyA campaign group has called for more support and better care…

Getty ImagesPatients who film their own medical treatment for TikTok or Instagram could be putting themselves and NHS staff at risk, the Society of Radiographers (SoR)…

NHS staff have voiced concern about the growing numbers of patients who are filming themselves undergoing medical treatment and uploading it to TikTok and Instagram.Radiographers, who…

Thousands of patients in England with blood cancer will become the first in the world to be offered a pioneering “Trojan horse” drug that sneaks inside…

People living with sickle cell disease in England are to benefit from quicker and more accessible treatment due to a £9m investment, the government has announced.Apheresis…

A court in Norway has sentenced a doctor to 21 years in prison for the rape and sexual abuse of dozens of women, in a case…

Weight loss drugs could at least double the risk of diabetic patients developing age-related macular degeneration, a large-scale study has found.Originally developed for diabetes patients, glucagon-like…

People with pancreatic cancer are eating only one meal a day because of an acute shortage of a drug that helps them digest their food.Patients with…