Health

Ecoli outbreak in UK most likely linked to food item

Some 113 people have become ill with E. coli in recent weeks and experts believe
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Junior doctors strike coincides with launch of new IT system

59 minutes ago Aileen Moynagh,BBC News NI health reporter BBC Junior doctors took to picket
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Major cause of inflammatory bowel disease found

7 hours ago James Gallagher,Health and science correspondent, @JamesTGallagher Lauren Golightly Lauren Golightly has Crohn’s
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Gonorrhoea cases reach record high in England

17 hours ago Aurelia Foster,Health reporter Getty Images The best way to avoid sexually transmitted
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Tories pledge new GP surgeries in community care boost

The Conservatives have promised to build 100 new GP surgeries in England and boost the
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NHS corridor care is unacceptable, says nursing union

Getty Images Patients are sometimes cared for in corridors because of a lack of hospital
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New blood test can predict return, researchers say

An “ultra-sensitive” new blood test can predict if breast cancer will return years before the
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Prostate cancer hopes raised after at-home spit test trials

Saliva tests carried out at home are better at identifying men who are at higher
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Former police officer fears missing out on full pension

7 hours ago Claire Ellison,BBC News Society team BBC Sam Hodkinson needs a pension payment
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Thousands to trial personalised cancer vaccines

10 hours ago Fergus Walsh,Medical editor BBC Elliot Pfebve is taking part in the trial
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