BBC Health News

• 'Steep rise' in self-harm among teenage girls October 19, 2017
  Researchers say it is likely the increase is real and not just down to better awareness from GPs.
• Hundreds of families block organ donation October 19, 2017
  Legally, consent lies with the deceased, but in practice, relatives' wishes are always respected.
• Sex life 'dead' after mesh implant October 18, 2017
  A couple married for 40 years say it's made it "impossible" for them to be intimate.
• Women 'deserve apology' over vaginal mesh implants October 18, 2017
  Hundreds of women say the vaginal implants left them in pain and unable to walk, work or have sex.
• Anna Raeburn: I had a backstreet abortion October 18, 2017
  Writer and broadcaster Anna Raeburn had an illegal abortion in 1965 when she was 21.
• Dyslexia link to eye spots confusing brain, say scientists October 18, 2017
  Experts say the findings are exciting but unlikely to explain the causes for all dyslexia.
• Chicken food poisoning levels falling October 18, 2017
  The bug campylobacter, present in some chickens, is the leading cause of food poisoning in the UK.
• Children 'embarrassed by tipsy parents' October 18, 2017
  Adults do not have to drink a lot for children to notice changes in their behaviour, a study says.
• 'Go to the dentist and get fined £100' October 18, 2017
  Dentists warn that thousands of vulnerable people are wrongly being fined over dental treatment.
• Hospital waits worsen across UK October 18, 2017
  Hospital performance slumps across UK with staff warning hitting key targets now an 'impossible' job.