BBC News - Health

• Staff shortages 'abusing good will of nurses'
  The Royal College of Nursing wants tougher safe staffing rules as 40,000 posts are vacant.
• Electrotherapy warning over bogus psychiatrist Zholia Alemi
  Scotland's chief medic says Zholia Alemi may have prescribed ECT and wrongly detained mental health patients.
• Nicki Chapman praised for sharing tumour diagnosis
  Nicki Chapman will not host the Chelsea Flower Show following surgery to remove a brain tumour.
• Spina bifida: Keyhole surgery repairs baby spine in womb
  Doctors say the surgery could be the difference between some children learning to walk or not.
• NHS 'should not prescribe acne drug'
  Patients unable to have sex are calling for the NHS to stop prescribing acne drug Roaccutane.
• Bowel cancer rates rising 'among young adults'
  If the trend continues, age screening guidelines may need to be reconsidered, researchers say.
• Measles: Experts call for compulsory vaccination
  Misleading campaigns claiming jabs are dangerous have left countries vulnerable, researchers say.
• Ultra-processed foods 'make you eat more'
  The first trial of ultra-processed foods suggests they lead people to eat more and put on weight.
• Simon Thomas sets up blood cancer fund in memory of wife Gemma
  Former Sky Sports and Blue Peter presenter Simon Thomas says he "can't sit around and do nothing".
• Cancer: Breakthrough treatments to target drug resistance
  The first treatments could be available within a decade, say scientists setting up a research centre.
• Cord blood: Rise in parents paying for private banking
  Frozen stem cells from umbilical cord blood and tissue can be used if babies get ill in the future.
• Snakebites: Like having my hand smashed by a hammer'
  The bites are a "hidden" health crisis causing a death every four minutes, says World Health Organization
• Cancer patient scans cancelled over equipment problems
  The PET scans are used to investigate the spread of cancer and how it is responding to treatment.
• Prescribing deer dung and pigeon slippers
  Cambridge historians are digitising some unusual medical records from the 17th Century.
• Light and the circadian rhythm: The key to a good night's sleep?
  Getting enough sleep is fundamental to our wellbeing, but one key factor is often overlooked.
• What does the menopause do to the body?
  The brain, heart, bones and skin can all be affected by the hormonal changes brought on by the menopause.
• Cow's milk allergy: 'Going to a coffee shop could kill my child'
  Five-year-old Evie Kinsella's cow's milk allergy is so severe she reacts to milk particles in the air.
• ADHD: ‘The web comics that show what my life is like’
  Dani Donovan's drawings, showing what it's like to have ADHD, have resonated with many online.
• Severe pregnancy sickness: 'I thought I was dying'
  Hannah is one of 5,000 UK women to share their experience of extreme pregnancy sickness with BBC News.
• Doctors used as 'guinea pigs' in opioid painkiller promotion
  Drug companies are accused of "targeting doctors" to market opioids.