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Private cannabis clinics have now opened in the UK, charging up to £800 per month for prescriptions.
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Problems making "liquid nutrition" have led to a national emergency, the NHS says.
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Ipswich Hospital was affected during the UK-wide power outage last Friday.
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Jason Anderson had high blood pressure and was offered a gastric band but refused.
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A government adviser blames cuts to treatment programmes as the death toll hit 2,917 in 2018.
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White older women in south-west England appear most likely to contract the disease, a study suggests.
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They say tackling tooth decay - which affects a quarter of five-year-olds - is a priority.
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Trans women often struggle with hair removal, so Siobhan set up her own clinic in Manchester providing electrolysis - the only form of permanent hair removal.
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With drug prices soaring in the US, people are travelling to Canada to buy life-saving medication.
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More than 1.4 million over-65s in England lack vital support, campaigners say.
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Aspen will make the payment after a competition probe into a life-saving treatment for thousands of patients.
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The Poet Laureate has his work micro-engraved on to a tablet to honour a new research centre.
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Checking sites multiple times a day means less time is spent on healthy activities, a UK study suggests.
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Scientists say the breakthrough trial suggests the disease may soon be “preventable and treatableâ€.
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People born in the 1960s and 70s stand out as the generation most likely to die by suicide or drug poisoning, data shows.
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Bob Alderman, 70, lost his voice to motor neurone disease - until his son stepped in to help.
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The woman fell ill during an El Al flight in April, amid a worldwide rise in cases of the disease.
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The patient thought he had lost his dentures during a hospital stay for routine abdominal surgery.
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Former first lady of Somaliland Edna Adan Ismail looks at female genital mutilation among women in the UK.
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Pescueza in Extremadura, western Spain, is adapting to provide for the needs of its older population.
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The first human trial of a jab to tackle the sexually transmitted disease shows promise, say experts.
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The two drugs, Orkambi and Symkevi, had been described as "life-changing" by campaigners.
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Two "leading" providers have gone into administration amid "a lack of Brexit clarity".
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Changes have been made to this home to help people stay independent for longer.
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Boris Johnson's estranged wife, who was diagnosed with cervical cancer in May, says she is "cancer-free".
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With UK supplies of hormone replacement therapy running low, women tell the BBC how it has affected them.
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Many of the most commonly prescribed forms of hormone replacement therapy are out of stock in pharmacies.
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Support from people on Twitter has helped a woman take a smear test for the first time.
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Virtual reality headsets, aimed at reducing the pain of women in labour, are being trialled.
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The technology has been described as something which can take pregnant women "out of the moment".
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Nearly 13,000 people in England and Wales have died from asthma attacks since 2009, figures show.
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Mums can donate their breast milk to a new milk bank in Kenya in a bid to reduce infant deaths.
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The benefit assessment company stopped Victoria Smith's PIP payments months before she died.
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Ireland's only milk bank in Enniskillen needs more donors to help premature and seriously-ill newborns.
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An official NHS review says the health service should support studies to get better quality evidence.
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Gynaecologists are sharing the story as a cautionary tale about the alternative therapy trend.
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Cameroonian doctor Richard Mouzoko was shot dead in one of DR Congo's worst-hit cities in April.
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Top surgeons are calling for more hospital beds across the country to clear the backlog.
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The US pop singer's 22-day diet could lead to nutritional deficiencies, experts say.
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Around 50% of young people in the UK lose their mental health when they turn 18
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A cancer charity says the struggles faced by women with physical disabilities are unacceptable.
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Ministers pledge £250m for AI, saying it has enormous power to improve England's health service.
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Three transgender men call for more training of local GPs to relieve pressure on specialist clinics.
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One young woman describes what it was like to be told she had the virus as a child - and how she coped.
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Vicky Hall has swapped the sets of medical dramas for the hospital ward.
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Overhaul plan comes after the rules were linked to a waiting list rise - and is backed by doctors' union.
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The lifetime price tag of the new hospital is set to top £500m after the extra costs were revealed by Audit Scotland.
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A US centre was sued over its handling of donated bodies. What do we know about the industry?
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The ex-EastEnders star has Alzheimer's and says her "heart goes out" to those struggling to get care.
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New wards, intensive care units and diagnostic centres will be built, says new PM.
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