Entries by BBC News

Transplanted pig kidney works in US man’s body for record 271 days

A man has lived for a record nine months with a transplanted pig kidney while waiting for a human transplant.

New GP and wellbeing hub ‘a major milestone’

The £21m hub brings together primary care, community wellbeing and leisure services in one location.

New GP and wellbeing hub ‘a major milestone’

The £21m hub brings together primary care, community wellbeing and leisure services in one location.

Chasing a perfect sleep score? You could be making it worse

The things you're doing to make your sleep better could actually be making your sleep worse.

Ryan Jones: Unbreakable

Rugby legend Ryan Jones talks candidly about his early-onset dementia diagnosis.

Moral Maze

Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.

A&E patients ending in ‘corridors and cupboards’

A consultant tells the Scotcast podcast that A&E patients ending in 'corridors and cupboards'.

Social media ‘spiral’ found after sister’s death

A woman whose 13-year-old sister took her own life says the "spiral that she was going through" was evident from her social media history.

Former nurse dies amid dementia drug shortages

Pearl Roche died with dementia weeks after her family struggled to get supplies of her medication.

Heart trial after breast cancer has ‘improved my life’

Lucy Shepherd is one of 90 women to take part in a trial helping cancer survivors come off medication.