Summarize this content to 1000 words Painful hysteroscopy felt like insides were 'clawed'Wendy McLean was due to start her seventh round of IVF when her doctor said she needed a hysteroscopy – a procedure to examine the inside of her uterus.“It was sold to me as a smear test, basically. A thin narrow camera up through your cervix."It’ll take minutes. You won’t need pain relief. You’ll be absolutely fine,” she
Summarize this content to 1000 words Dr Lily HuangDr Lily Huang, who works in London, supports the name changeJunior doctors working across the NHS will now be called resident doctors instead - in a change intended to better reflect their expertise. The doctors union, the British Medical Association (BMA), which called for the change, called the term junior "infantilising and demeaning"."Resident doctor" will refer to more than 50,000 qualified doctors
Summarize this content to 1000 words Daniela CossioPregnancy brain really does exist, according to one of the first detailed maps of human-brain changes before, during and after those crucial nine months.Based on 26 scans of one healthy 38-year-old woman's brain, scientists found "remarkable things" including changes to regions linked to socialising and emotional processing - some of which were still obvious two years after giving birth.Further studies in many more
Summarize this content to 1000 words BBCThe number of people taking ADHD medication is at a record high – and the NHS is feeling the strain as it tries to diagnose and treat the condition.Since 2015, the number of patients in England prescribed drugs to treat ADHD has nearly trebled, and BBC research suggests that it would take eight years to assess all the adults on waiting lists.Last year, ADHD
Summarize this content to 1000 words The NHS is urging parents and carers of two and three-year-olds to schedule a flu vaccine for their children ahead of an expected surge in respiratory illnesses this winter.School-age children, kids in clinical risk groups and pregnant women are among the groups also eligible to get vaccinated.The flu vaccine is given to most children as a quick, painless spray up the nose, with no
Summarize this content to 1000 words A ban on junk food adverts being shown on TV before 21:00 will come into force on 1 October 2025, the government has confirmed. Labour said the watershed on junk food advertising would be enforced alongside a total ban on paid-for online adverts, both aimed at tackling childhood obesity.The Conservatives had previously committed to the ban in 2021 when Boris Johnson was prime minister,
Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty ImagesThe first “citizens’ jury” on assisted dying in England has backed a change in the law to allow people who are terminally ill to end their life.A jury of 28 people concluded it should be an option for those judged to have capacity to make their own decisions.While it has no legal powers, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, which set up the jury,
Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty Images"Ballooning" NHS waiting times and delays getting vital treatment in A&E and cancer care is harming health and costing lives, according to a critical government-commissioned report on the service in England.People have "every right to be angry," Sir Keir Starmer will warn on Thursday, adding the health service must "reform or die".Health Secretary Wes Streeting vowed to "turn the NHS around" after the
Summarize this content to 1000 words Glody MurhabaziMore and more babies with mpox are being admitted to Lwiro community hospitalMedical staff on the front line of the battle against mpox in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have told the BBC they are desperate for vaccines to arrive so they can stem the rate of new infections.At a treatment centre in South Kivu province that the BBC visited in the epicentre
Summarize this content to 1000 words Gareth WilliamsRhiannon Williams had been receiving counselling for depression and anxiety.A father has said his 24-year-old daughter’s suicide hit him like a "depth charge" which "shred things in ways that are difficult to describe".One year on from Rhiannon’s death, Gareth Williams wants other parents to know how "seriously dangerous" poor mental health can be.The latest figures show the suicide rate in Wales in 2023
