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I’ve learned a lot in my many years in the gym, and beginner-me would be shocked and appalled by the things present-me does...

A woman who said she was told by a GP she may be experiencing "medical anxiety" after finding a lump in her breast was later diagnosed with cancer.Beth Jenkins, 42, visited a locum GP at her practice with concerns...

BBC News NI health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly watched a new robot perform surgery at Belfast City Hospital. Source link

Like thousands of women in Northern Ireland, Colleen Crothers waited decades for medical help to treat chronic endometriosis - and, now thanks to an all-island first, she's hoping her long road will be a thing of the past."Robotic surgery...

Regina Barzilay, MIT’s School of Engineering Distinguished Professor of AI and Health, and James Collins, MIT’s Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering and Science, are the recipients of the 2026 Pritzker Prize for AI in Science Research Excellence. The award recognizes...

A mothers' support service has said it is "absolutely thrilled" after it received £70,000 worth of grants to maintain its in-person wellbeing groups.The Happy Mums Foundation, which supports women experiencing postpartum mental health challenges, was set up in 2015...

Activities on offer include high ropes, bushcraft, mindfulness, breathwork, yoga, archery, ice baths and guided walks, alongside informal spaces designed to encourage men to connect with one another.The charity is built around what is known as "green and blue...

Plans to close urgent primary care services at three hospitals would have "dire consequences", objectors say.Betsi Cadawaladr health board has confirmed it is consulting on a proposal to end urgent primary care centre, external (UPCC) services at Ysbyty Penrhos...

When she was six, her mother became a Jehovah's Witness.De Waal left home at 16 after deciding she no longer wanted to follow the faith.The years that followed were difficult."I was wild," she said. "I took a lot of...

Eating fruit and vegetable scraps such as peels and stalks could provide a health boost that most of us are missing, say UK researchers, external. Source link