New mums ‘left to get on with it’ as C-section numbers hit record high
Mothers have described being left to recover from caesarean sections with “no support”.
Category: Health
Train station to mark World Suicide Prevention Day
As well as offering advice, Wellbeing Week will include poetry, gardening workshops, art and music.
A&E did not get the basics right – my son’s life was ruined at 32
Oli’s experience is one of a growing number of clinical negligence claims being made in England, BBC analysis shows.
Scientists discover new mechanism for bacterial fosfomycin resistance
Bacteria can survive antibiotics in several ways, including by pumping the drugs out of their cells before they can take effect.
The vaginal microbiome may be an overlooked reservoir of antibiotic resistance
Researchers analyzed 1,957 vaginal metagenomic samples from 1,547 pregnant women and found that bacterial community structure was strongly associated with the diversity and distribution of
Inhibitory neurons act as a brake on brain tumor growth
Brain tumors do not grow in isolation. They develop within the highly active environment of the brain, where neurons continuously exchange electrical and chemical signals.
Elusive stem cells offer clues to treat lumbar spinal stenosis
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Hospital for Special Surgery have discovered the stem cells—unspecialized cells that can develop into specific cell types—that give rise
Psilocybin microdosing sounds promising, but the strongest studies tell a different story
A systematic review of 11 studies involving 3,262 adults found that psilocybin mushroom and truffle microdosing was associated with reported improvements across areas including mental
What mothers eat in pregnancy may shape a child’s weight years later
A prospective study of 252 mother-child pairs found that higher combined maternal fruit and vegetable intake during pregnancy was associated with lower odds of overweight
Deep sleep brain activity helps mice resist social stress
Most adult sleep is non-rapid eye movement (REM), which is restorative and promotes resilience to stressful conditions. However, the brain mechanisms for non-REM sleep’s relationship
Husband of Tanzania’s president dies while undergoing hospital treatment
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s husband has died while undergoing treatment in Zanzibar
‘I have chronic cancer but I’m not going to die’ – BBC presenter Maryam Moshiri
Moshiri was diagnosed in November 2024 with polycythaemia vera (PV), after her GP noticed irregularities in blood test results.
Carbon credit financing emerges as Africa’s biggest bet for expanding clean cooking
Carbon credit financing is helping to drive Africa’s clean cooking transition by making cleaner stoves affordable for millions of low-income households