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The organisation which made the model believes more toys should reflect children with disabilities.

Babies learn so much about the world around them by watching others, but what if they can't see us?

Farah Khaleck has a rare and incurable condition which causes the hardening and tightening of her skin.

China is the only country to have reduced the rate of increase in Caesareans, bucking a global trend.

Teenage pregnancies, smoking rates, and sexually transmitted infection have all decreased, councils say

A Quebec appellate court has upheld a 2015 decision that ordered the firms to pay over C$15bn.

The NHS is considering what it can do to stop anti-vaccination messages spreading, Simon Stevens says.

Kelly Clarkson's daughter Megan died aged two after repeatedly being diagnosed with little more than a cough.

John King spoke before his death to raise awareness of the effects of motor neurone disease.

Rebecca Henderson, who had an artificial heart, suffered complications after an operation last week.

The garage that runs an apprenticeship scheme for forces veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Michelin-starred chef lost nearly 12 stone after he decided he needed to turn his life around.

There is no evidence to wait for a year before getting pregnant again, Lancet research suggests.

Some parents object to the involvement of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Getting extra rest at the weekend does not make up for being sleep-deprived in the week, a study suggests.

More than three and a half hours a day of TV could hasten memory decline, a study suggests.

The early deaths of the siblings' mother and sister prompted them to be tested for a cancer gene.

Levels of depression and self-harm have risen but smoking, drinking and drug use are down, a study finds.

Zohra says treatment for the type 1 diabetes eating disorder has saved her life.

The boy and girl are identical on their mother's side but share only a proportion of their father's DNA.

Doctors said the baby, born weighing just 268g, is the smallest newborn ever to have been successfully treated and sent home.

A father must wait years to discover if his children have a cancer gene that led to his wife's death.

More than 3,000 violent patients in England were barred in 2018 from seeing their local GP.

One in five women presenting to UK clinics with anorexia may also have autism, research suggests.

The drug is delivered to affected parts of the brain via a "port" in the side of the head.

British teenager Shauna Davison died two weeks after an experimental transplant. Was she the victim of a rush to develop stem cell technology?

An inquiry finds many staff in social care face long working hours and job insecurity.

The parents of Keira, and Max - the boy who received her heart - tell the story behind the organ donation legislation named after them.

It did not stop Natalie Pearson becoming what is thought to be the world's only teacher with her form of the condition.

Few children's multivitamins give the recommended daily vitamin D dose, a study suggests.

A group of MPs wants a "revolution" in early years support, including more health visitor contacts.

Jack Smith, 21, says his new voice is "like a dream come true" after he lost his ability to talk.

A former governor of the Tavistock Centre calls for more "external oversight" of the clinic.

"My experience at school would be very different now," says Alice Smith, who suffers with endometriosis.

How do you cope when allergies prevent you from eating a long list of foods?

Floriane is able to walk using an exoskeleton that detects how she wants to move.

A brain-damaged man says he gambled £210,000 after being "failed" by addiction self-exclusion scheme.

Supermarkets should be more transparent on food classification, say public health experts.

Why this fertility lab worker had to be injected with her partner's white blood cells to give birth.

The health secretary wants to scrap the “archaic technology” which costs the NHS about £6.6m a year.

It is 87% effective in two to 17-year-olds against the main flu strain, mid-season data suggests.

Two babies who died in a Glasgow maternity hospital had been infected with a bacterium never seen before in Scotland.

Pop star-turned-vicar the Reverend Richard Coles had clinical depression at the age of 17.

Researchers say, with many young people not receiving support, the study should be a "wake-up call".

An ambulance worker who won an unfair dismissal case recorded a boss talking about "pummelling" him.

Author Josh Barry spent nine years writing book while also completing two degrees.

Melissa Mead takes the ashes of her son William in a teddy bear to Buckingham Palace to collect an MBE.

Lucy Evans had encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain that caused her frightening delusions.

How millions suffered from exposure to toxic chemicals sprayed by US forces during the Vietnam war

A hairdresser says his five-year-old nephew, who has cerebral palsy, inspired his specialist salon.