Alison HoltSocial affairs editor BBC Keira Bell says she regrets taking puberty blocking drugs as a teenager Campaigner Keira Bell has told the BBC she believes the planned clinical trial of puberty blocking drugs for gender-questioning children is unethical and children “are essentially going to be harmed”. The Pathways trial, run by King’s College London … Read more
Philippa Roxby,Health reporter and Alison Holt,Social affairs editor Getty Images Details of a new UK clinical trial to assess the risks and benefits of puberty-blocking drugs in children who question their gender have been announced. It follows the banning of the drugs for gender treatment last year after a major review raised concerns about the … Read more
Fergus WalshMedical Editor Getty A major prostate cancer screening trial aimed at finding the best way to detect the disease has been launched in the UK. The first letters have been sent out from GPs inviting men to join the study, the biggest of its kind in decades. The £42 million Transform trial is funded … Read more
Getty Images Thousands of people from some of Scotland’s most deprived areas are to be offered free weight-loss jabs as part of government-funded research. Up to 5,000 people in Scotland will take the injections as part of the multi-million pound study being led by Glasgow University. The findings will provide insight into the lives of … Read more
Chloe HughesWest Midlands Andrew Palmer Andrew Palmer’s wife Jen died a month after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer A man whose wife died from pancreatic cancer is backing a new clinical trial into breath tests which could help detect the disease. Andrew Palmer’s wife Jen, 50, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in February 2024 and … Read more
Lucy North/PA Media Emily Henders is taking part in a trial of T-cell therapy, which has proved successful in treating blood cancer A biology teacher and mother-of-two has become the first UK patient to receive a “gamechanger” therapy to treat multiple sclerosis (MS). Emily Henders, 37, from Bushey, Hertfordshire, was treated at University College London … Read more
Matthew Hill BBC West Health Correspondent BBC Eddie Baker took part in the clinical trial and said its extended his life A man who was the first to take part in a medical trial for penile cancer says it may have extended his life by two years. Eddie Baker, 83, was given immunotherapy alongside the … Read more
Philippa Roxby Heath Reporter Laura Marston Laura now feels good six years after her diagnosis of advanced tongue cancer Hundreds of thousands of people with advanced head and neck cancer could live longer without their cancer returning thanks to an immunotherapy drug, a clinical trial suggests. This is the first sign of a breakthrough for … Read more
A new treatment approach can significantly improve survival rates for patients with aggressive, inherited breast cancer, a study suggests. The trial, led by Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, and published in Nature Communications, involved women with early-stage breast cancer who have inherited BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations. Giving them the targeted drug olaparib before surgery greatly … Read more
Amy Cole BBC Midlands Today Shannen Headley BBC News, West Midlands BBC Eve Morgan took part in the ‘Big Baby’ trial in 2018, giving birth to her son 10 days early Women pregnant with larger babies have been given the option to choose how and when to give birth in a bid to lessen the … Read more