Summarize this content to 1000 words BBCRita Orr said she pleaded for two years to get extra support for her son, CallumThe mother of a teenager with severe learning difficulties says she was so desperate for help from social services that she felt she had “no option” but to drop him at school and not return to pick him up again.Rita Orr says 15-year-old Callum, who also has autism, often
Summarize this content to 1000 words The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is advising people with a peanut allergy to avoid consuming foods that may contain mustard, because they could be contaminated with peanuts.Mustard ingredients - including mustard powder or flour - can be found in dips, sauces, salads and pre-packed sandwiches, the FSA said.It is trying to identify how many products may be affected - around 50 have already been
Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty ImagesParents are not to blame for "fussy eating", researchers say, as a large study suggests fussy eating tendencies are mostly down to genetics rather than parenting styles.And the tendency to be fussy over food can persist into early teenage life, the team says, building on their previous work looking at toddlers. The UK study compared the eating habits of identical and non-identical twins
Summarize this content to 1000 words First Born FilmsNeil Harbisson, who sees in black and white, says his antennae lets him "hear" colourFor the past 20 years, self-declared "cyborg artist" Neil Harbisson has provoked debate with his "eyeborg" - a surgically attached antenna.Harbisson, who grew up in Barcelona, is colour blind, having been born with the rare condition achromatopsia, which affects one in 33,000 people. This means he sees in
Summarize this content to 1000 words Getty ImagesThere is an unacceptable variation in waits for treatment of different cancers in England, an exclusive analysis for BBC News by Cancer Research UK shows.Patients with cancers affecting the head and neck and bowel are the most likely to face long waits – just over half are seen within the target of 62 days.In comparison, patients with blood, bone marrow and skin cancers
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
