BBC Health NewsLong waits for disability benefit claims unacceptable, MPs say 9 January 2026Some people are waiting more than a year to have their claims processed, the Public Accounts Committee says.Doctors strike called off as union backs latest pay deal 9 January 2026Medics had been set to go on the first national walkout staged by NHS workers on Tuesday in a dispute over pay.Healthy living tips from the Gladiators 9 January 2026Athena, Electro, Dynamite and Giant share their top tips to stay fit and healthy.Knives taken to hospitals sees amnesty bins set up 9 January 2026In Birmingham hospitals knives are regularly found, with one produced by a patient ready for an MRI.'My endometriosis pain is excruciating but I'm still waiting for surgery' 8 January 2026According to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 59,733 women in NI are now on waiting lists.OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health to review your medical records 8 January 2026The firm says its chatbot sees health and wellbeing questions from 230 million people every week.Five tips to stay warm when it's cold 8 January 2026Ski Sunday's Ed Leigh and Chemmy Alcott share advice on how to keep safe and warm.Three NHS trusts still using fax machines, Streeting confesses 8 January 2026The health secretary had made it his personal mission to banish the fax machine from the NHS.What is happening to flu this winter - and should you buy a vaccine? 8 January 2026Flu has come early this year with a new mutated version of the virus circulating.I stopped paying for food and heating to spend it gambling - my period made it worse 8 January 2026Researchers are looking to see if there is a link between hormonal fluctuations and gambling addiction.
