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The NHS is braced for its longest strike after last week's walkout caused nearly 88,000 cancellations.

A major study has identified 15 risk factors for young-onset dementia, not all of which are genetic.

Laura Maisey says giving away one of her organs has been the best thing that has ever happened to her.

Rescued ewe Fiona is enlisted to help support farmers who might be struggling at Christmas.

The mum says she would have done anything possible to save her little boy's life.

The specially adapted environment is keeping people healthier and happier for longer, early evidence suggests.

Christmas and booze often go hand-in-hand, so how do you say no, no, no when the drinks start to flow?

Angus Bain, 17, has suffered debilitating epileptic fits every week throughout his childhood.

Money used to care for disabled people disappears amid a dispute between a council and payroll firm.

People with the condition have to deal with abdominal bloating, gurgling noises and flatulence.

No Covid restrictions are in place across the UK, so how should you manage having it?

Covid and other infections could rise in many parts of the world this winter, the experts warn.

Dr Mohammed Hussain is joining national colleagues in three days of strike action.

NHS bosses say their worst fears are being realised with a three-day walkout under way in England.

One patient was wrongly identified as not to be resuscitated because of slow access to digital records.

The broadcaster tells the BBC she will consider assisted dying if her lung cancer treatment fails.

Gill Castle, from Northumberland, is using her experience of having a stoma to help women in Kenya.

Most adults may need to start paying for care to protect free support for others, a think tank says.

The government says it cannot make a decision on compensation after losing a key vote on the scandal.

More than 3,000 doctors in Wales could take part after 98% of those who voted supported a walkout.

Veoza, or fezolinetant, a non-hormonal daily pill, works on the brain's temperature-control centre.

Alison Norman is scared she may lose her strength and independence.

Care home staff say they feel exploited and trapped by the firm that brought them to the UK to work.

Modernising the law and training for door staff are also among measures announced by the government.

Author Ellie Middleton on her late ADHD and autism diagnoses.

In an exclusive interview, the ex-Tory peer says she and her husband were made "scapegoats" for PPE failings.

A lot of us know someone who has felt pretty rough with the most recent form of the virus.

The north-west of England service says repeat medication orders on bank holidays add unnecessary pressure.

The number of people waiting for an autism diagnosis is up 50% over the past 12 months.

Start-up firms are producing new sweeteners but will they be able to compete with sugar?

Catherine Hudson, 54, and Charlotte Wilmot, 48, conspired to unlawfully drug a patient at a hospital.

The patient was taken to hospital in severe pain after he pinched his nose and closed his mouth.

The UK's largest retailer says a batch of Christmas stuffing may be "unfit for human consumption",

NHS leaders say patients in England are at risk due to dangerous delays in the emergency care system.

Nadine Richards says living in mouldy and damp conditions has taken a toll on her family's health.

Regulators around the world have questioned the high price set by Vertex Pharmaceuticals.

Calls for change stem from the family of a teenager who died after an allergic reaction to a meal out.

Many people quit smoking, but there was an increase in young adults who took it up, researchers say.

Better treatments and even a cure for hyperemesis gravidarum could be on the horizon, researchers say.

Two-thirds of new mothers have been forced into "tough choices" due to 25% price rise, a survey says.

The digital expansion follows the success of the Covid vaccination programme, NHS England says.

A paramedic crew invites the BBC to experience a day on the front line of the NHS as winter arrives.

Dame Laura Kenny says women struggle to get pregnant because of the athlete lifestyle.

The serial killer is removed from the nursing register by a panel which heard she maintains her innocence.

Campaigners in Norfolk and Suffolk say lessons are not being learned after thousands of unexpected deaths.

A Taliban ban led to a 95% drop in Afghan poppy cultivation, a UN report finds.

Rishi Sunak defends the scheme and says advisers and ministers had "ample" chances to raise concerns.

Arriving amongst protests, Rishi Sunak defends his time as chancellor during the pandemic, as he gives evidence to the Covid inquiry.

UK health officials said enhanced surveillance would continue over the coming weeks, as a precaution.