Health

Young women have spoken about the issues faced by a lack of education in schools on health matters. Athika Ahmed is among those in Wales involved in designing new school resources to improve understanding of common conditions among women. Leaflets and posters will be available in secondary schools covering menstrual health, endometriosis, pelvic health and…

Jenny ReesWales health correspondent Athika Ahmed Molly Fenton and Athika Ahmed want better education on women’s health issues in school Young women say they were taught how to open a bank account in school, but not how to change a tampon or spot signs of cancer. “As a person from an ethnic minority background, in…

Patients are being warned not to clog up A&E with everyday niggles as NHS figures show thousands turned to hospitals for minor ailments such as hiccups and ingrowing toenails last winter. There were more than 200,000 A&E attendances in England from November to February for conditions that could have been dealt with elsewhere, according to…

Parents will be able to use gift vouchers and supermarket loyalty points to buy infant formula under a government plan to make baby milk more affordable. Under the new measures, parents will be given clearer guidance on the nutritional standards, which need to be met by all formula sold in the UK, and encourage retailers…

Michelle RobertsDigital health editor Getty Images People who have cosmetic filler injections in their face should be warned of the risk of a dangerous complication involving blocked arteries that can lead to skin loss and even blindness due to damaged blood flow, say experts. Researchers used ultrasound to study 100 cases of filler injections that…

A higher proportion of people in England are now contacting their GP surgery online than by phone, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Data covering three weeks from mid-September suggest just over 43% of people went online to contact their GP – an increase of a percentage point from the…

Simon Jack,Business editorand Rachel Clun,Business reporter Getty Images The UK and the US have agreed a deal to keep tariffs on UK pharmaceutical shipments into America at zero. Under the agreement the UK will pay more for medicines through the NHS in return for a guarantee that US import taxes on pharmaceuticals made in the…

Michelle RobertsDigital health editor Getty Images Fewer than one in 10 people who could benefit from obesity jabs like Wegovy are able to get them, warns the World Health Organization as it releases its first guidance on the drugs. With more than one billion people worldwide now obese, it is calling for more widespread and…