Emma Barnett: We cant ignore endometriosis, a disease that leaves women like me in agony

The UK government should offer discount visas to US cancer scientists who have had their research cancelled by the Trump administration, Sir Ed Davey will say. “The UK should step up and say: If Trump won’t back this research, we will,” the Liberal Democrat leader will say in a speech to his party’s conference in…

Lucio Vasquez/Houston Public Media Healthcare costs were among the biggest barriers to services in Fort Bend, a recent survey found. Access to mental health services and prenatal care are among the top barriers facing Fort Bend County residents. That’s according to a recent study conducted by Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and 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…

A Worthing first responder is backing a campaign to address gender inequality in life-saving treatment during cardiac arrests. Research shows women are 27% less likely than men to receive CPR from bystanders. Campaigners say stigma and uncertainty about removing bras for defibrillator use are part of the problem. The initiative, called #BraOffDefibOn, was launched in…

Getty Images The UK’s National Screening Committee has recommended that only a very small group of men at high risk of prostate cancer should be screened for the disease. There is currently no screening programme for prostate cancer, the most common cancer in men. But there has been some energetic campaigning for change by high-profile…