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Your attention span has shrunk by nearly two minutes in the past 20 years, driven in part by technology's hold over your work and home life, experts say. Here's how to stay focused so you can get things done.
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Why would a person pick a potential life partner without feeling the spark of sexual attraction? And can these relationships survive and thrive? Can sexual attraction be cultivated later? Therapist Ian Kerner shares what he's learned in his practice.
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Human-caused climate change has already made heat waves around the world more frequent and intense.
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An expert in medication abortion describes how mifepristone and misoprostol work and what to expect after using these medications known as the "abortion pill."
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No air conditioning? Here are 14 methods for cooling your body and buffering your house from the outside heat.
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'Body doubling' is a strategy people with ADHD can use to accomplish more than they would alone. Here's how to do it.
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We leave behind our fears of monsters under the bed as we say goodbye to our childhoods, but one can follow us into adulthood and loom over our heads.
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The increasing popularity of stylish, trendy athletic wear has made über-comfortable clothing something that's not just for the gym. It's infiltrated all corners of culture, from high fashion runways to the offices of Silicon Valley executives — and really, it's appropriate for any occasion when you just want to be comfortable.
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The first photo ever taken of a black hole looks a little sharper now.
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It's a bird... It's a plane... It's a paper airplane!
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Two 52 million-year-old bat skeletons discovered in an ancient lake bed in Wyoming are the oldest bat fossils ever found — and they reveal a new species.
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Since Tupperware, the iconic kitchen brand that's been a household name for decades, signaled recently that it might be going out of business, you might be wondering how long your stash of its food storage containers is safe to use — especially if it's vintage.
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Higher Covid-19 vaccination rates among US children could prevent thousands of pediatric hospitalizations and millions of missed school days, according to an analysis published Tuesday by the Commonwealth Fund and the Yale School of Public Health.
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An experimental treatment, gantenerumab, failed to help people at high risk of memory loss from Alzheimer's or those who were in the early phases of the disease, the manufacturer said Monday.
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The rate of premature birth in the United States is climbing, according to the infant and maternal health nonprofit March of Dimes.
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Even before their daughter was born in June, Aaron and Helen Chavez knew she would need heart surgery. Doctors expected her to have an operation around 6 months of age.
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The respiratory virus season has started early in kids this year and flooded children's hospitals in many parts of the country -- especially with respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV.
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A mother-of-three shared her story with Dame Deborah's mother Heather on BBC Breakfast.
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Victoria Atkins is challenged to name some health trusts meeting their targets to cut waiting lists.
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People living with alopecia could have access to treatment on the NHS in Scotland for the first time.
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A group of teenagers in Fife have been making a documentary about the impact of disposable vapes.
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Families of some of those affected are giving evidence at a public inquiry into the treatment disaster.
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Families torn apart by the infected blood scandal break their silence to BBC Panorama.
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The biggest increase is among the over 80s, with a marked rise in cases in adults aged 25-49.
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The Rugby 7s player has struggled with body image in the past, but says sport has helped
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The Paralympic Rowing Cox will compete a year after getting the all clear from cancer.
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The government announced what it calls a "comprehensive" compensation scheme on Tuesday.
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They were given infected blood products in trials without their knowledge, the BBC has found.
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An inquiry into the "worst treatment disaster in NHS history" hears its final evidence.
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Victims of the scandal said they had been "gaslit for generations" and felt "vindicated" by the report.
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A simple guide on how to get a good night's sleep in the heat.
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Government unveils package after final report of public inquiry into scandal published on Monday.
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Thousands were infected with HIV and hepatitis C, in the worst treatment disaster in NHS history.
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BBC Investigations speaks to people damaged by illegal and often fake slimming drug injection kits.
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How to be sun savvy and get the right level of protection from UV rays.
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The appeal is clear - but should we be turning to appetite-suppressing injections?
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Many countries have legalised assisted dying, assisted suicide or euthanasia, which are different.
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What impact do high temperatures have on our bodies?
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Mpox, which used to be called monkeypox, is declared a global public health emergency.
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The end of the pay dispute sounded too good to be true. And now some are wondering if it might be.
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Experts can’t agree how exactly they affect us and it’s not clear that science will give us an answer.
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The prime minister says his government is looking at tougher rules to reduce the burden on the NHS.
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The world must act now to ensure vaccines reach the areas most in need, the WHO's Dr Hans Kluge says.
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The choice to not fund Alzheimer's drug lecanemab caused upset, but it is not a “wonder drug”.
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As a global emergency is declared over mpox, our health and science correspondent assesses the threat.
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The Princess of Wales is looking forward to returning to work, after finishing a course of chemotherapy.
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There is a potential, small increased risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental problems, experts say
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In Australia, smoking outdoors in pubs is heavily regulated - could the UK follow suit?
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Pauses to fighting will allow hundreds of thousands of Gaza children to be vaccinated against polio.
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Scientists work out which bacteria populate babies guts first - and what it could mean for their health.
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Explore the data on how the coronavirus pandemic unfolded in the UK.
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The former PM is the most high-profile witness so far to testify at the inquiry into the pandemic.
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"Meltdown", "liar", "embarrassing" - messages lay bare Downing Street divisions during the pandemic.
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An anti-corruption charity finds significant concerns in £15.3bn worth of contracts awarded during the pandemic.
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Over-confidence, wasted opportunities and muddled-thinking left UK sleep-walking into Covid.
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The next public hearings will consider how the pandemic affected healthcare systems across the UK.
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Baroness Lampard says the inquiry is "of the gravest concern and significance" as it opens in Essex.
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The patients were treated by Yaser Jabbar, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon who worked at the hospital’s lower limb reconstruction service.
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Health bosses warn major change is needed as ministers in England prepare to publish a wide-ranging review.
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The prime minister said the upcoming Lord Darzi review will reveal too many are let down by the NHS.
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The Covid inquiry opens its next set of hearings on Monday, looking at the impact on healthcare and the NHS.
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The Princess of Wales has completed her chemotherapy and says this year has been "incredibly tough".
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A national service has been launched across Wales for those affected by suicide.
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Lack of staff and beds hampered care for both Covid and non-Covid patients, the inquiry is told.
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Aaron James has been able to resume normal life after receiving a partial-face and whole-eye transplant.
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