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Help with dressing, washing and meals will be paid for by the state in England, costing £6bn a year.
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Students starting university are told of the potentially fatal dangers of excessive drinking.
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A health influencer claims it helps to cure chronic illnesses. Doctors are far from convinced.
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Parents of children with the condition flew 7,300 miles to buy a "life-saving" drug unavailable on the NHS in England.
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Labour is to announce a pledge to abolish prescription charges in England at its party conference next week.
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Shadow equalities minister Dawn Butler will unveil the policy at Labour's conference in Brighton.
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Kreena developed heart failure after being treated for cancer - but has made a remarkable recovery.
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Two of the incidents relate to attacks on staff and a third involves two patients, police say.
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Soft drinks have 29% less sugar on average since a levy was imposed, but we're eating more sugary food.
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A study of patients taking the common antidepressant sertraline throws new light on how it works.
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Doctors say the rules are "too cautious" for giving innovative medicines to children.
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"Vulnerable" people are being fined over claims for free treatment at dentists and doctors, say MPs.
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NHS trusts are paying back millions of pounds to the government each year in interest.
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Rhys has epidermolysis bullosa, a painful, life-limiting condition that has left him unable to walk.
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Dapagliflozin was found to cut death rates and hospital stays and improve patient's quality of life.
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Tribunal finds eye surgeon Bobby Qureshi was "dishonest" with vulnerable patients.
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Some posts will now be hidden from under-18s while "miraculous" remedy posts will be banned.
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Passengers will be forced to wait to use facilities at stations on the new South Wales Metro.
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Inspectors have raised concerns at Ellingham Hospital in Norfolk over safety due a lack of staff.
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An analysis maps the areas with the highest concentrations of sub-standard care home places.
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Kenya's motorbike ambulances are saving the lives and limbs of people bitten by snakes
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The total maintenance backlog in hospitals and other NHS buildings is more than £500m.
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Boris Johnson says an angry exchange with the father of a sick child is "part of my job".
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New findings may help explain why some Caesarean babies are more at risk of certain diseases.
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South East Coast Ambulance Service says it has changed its call-handling systems since three deaths.
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The government says vaping poses a health risk to the young, rather than an alternative to smoking.
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Former rugby player Gareth Thomas reveals a journalist discussed his HIV status with his parents.
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Phone donations are made in Belgium to help treat nine-month-old Pia's rare condition.
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The father and Labour activist said the children's ward was understaffed and the NHS was being destroyed.
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Three years on, how is a project aimed at transforming the health of people in Fleetwood faring?
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It follows problems at the new children's hospital in Edinburgh and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
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Particles of black carbon pollution can cross to the fetal side of the placenta, a study finds.
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Fat chance - the evidence says fat shaming is more likely to lead people to put on weight.
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Hospital admissions are rising at nearly three times the rate of the nurse workforce, the RCN says.
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A medicine for enlarged prostates may benefit brain cells damaged by Parkinson's, scientists find.
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Oscar's family aim to raise £500,000 to pay for further treatment they say is not available on the NHS.
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It may be possible to make our bodies inhospitable for the cold virus after promising early research.
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Doctor Who star reveals his "lifelong battle" with anorexia and how he considered suicide.
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Some allergy sufferers say they are "terrified" when dining out and have asked eateries to do more to make them safe.
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A survey shows few understand the long-term effects of meningitis for people like Lesley.
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A former health minister wants universities to be bound by law to meet students' mental health needs.
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Gareth Thomas can have a positive impact on HIV stigma, says George, who lives with the virus.
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Vaginismus is a psychosexual disorder that can destroy people's lives - so why does no one talk about it?
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Former Wales captain Gareth Thomas says by revealing his condition he wants to educate everybody, including himself.
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If used appropriately, they can be effective in reducing problem behaviour, a US study suggests.
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Companies are doing more to support working dads but may overlook postnatal mental illness in men.
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Owen Carey said he had a dairy allergy but was not told his meal contained buttermilk, a coroner rules.
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Charlotte Smith, two, choked while eating lunch at her nursery.
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The problem affects a quarter of women in the UK and many end up having surgery to treat it.
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The mother of a baby who developed sepsis says people "don't have hours to spare".
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