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Mum Emma Rees was unable to breastfeed after having a double mastectomy.
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Each year hundreds of young UK children end up in hospital with severe but avoidable coffee and tea scalds, like Archie.
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Mobile clinics and evening and weekend opening could help increase uptake of NHS screening programmes.
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Doctors in the Netherlands say they are within 10 years of creating a 'second' womb for premature babies.
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Rachel Pighills needs £135,000 surgery as her neck can no longer support the weight of her head.
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Discovery of mutation 50,000 years ago could help in the fight against malaria.
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But questions remain over the use of puberty blockers, say Newsnight's Deb Cohen and Hannah Barnes.
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Data shows newborns in Wales are more likely to appear in care proceedings than those in England.
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The former BBC Breakfast host says the UK needs to have a "proper conversation" about cannabis laws.
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Almost 40% of sellers targeted by councils sold vaping goods to under-age teenagers in 2018-19.
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The government in England must find a solution for social care to ease pressure, the regulator says.
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When Bronwyn Berg found herself being manhandled once again, she decided to add spikes to her wheelchair to prevent a repeat.
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A cheap, common drug could save hundreds of thousands of lives a year if used routinely, doctors say.
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Comedian Katy Brand tells 5 Live's Emma Barnett about her experience.
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Five-year-old Ava Macfarlane died from sepsis in December 2017.
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People in Western countries are more likely to look for a partner who wants children, a study finds.
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Mila is having far fewer - and briefer - seizures after a drug was designed just for her.
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Gait speed in mid-life indicates how fast the brain and body are ageing, researchers found.
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People should know the signs that breast cancer has spread to other parts of the body, a charity says.
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Meat is an essential part of daily life for Kenya's Maasai. But Anthony Mututua is a rare vegetarian.
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Thousands of patients wait more than four hours, as doctors warn of a difficult winter ahead.
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The scheme works in 31 countries but only three have agreed to cover UK tourists if there is no deal.
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Has the plan found favour with commuters across the country, or left a bad taste in the mouth?
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Most people who think they have chronic Lyme disease are more likely to have chronic fatigue syndrome, say experts.
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Snowboarder Ellie Soutter's mother talks to the BBC about losing her daughter, finding her voice and helping others.
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England's top doctor also wants to see extra taxes placed on unhealthy foods to tackle child obesity.
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Student Sophie Bennett developed anxiety and depression but then she discovered surf lifesaving.
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US photographer Justin J Wee has chronic back pain and uses images to depict living with pain.
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Ryan McDade says he felt "dehumanised" by bus drivers and was left stranded for an hour.
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A US jury finds Johnson & Johnson guilty of negligence over an anti-psychotic drug.
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Thousands of children in seaside areas are having multiple teeth extractions in hospital because of tooth decay.
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Part of Emily Eccles's jaw was left hanging on by a flap of skin after her horse bolted and she hit a wooden post.
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The Royal College of Nursing says there are crises over pay and staffing in Northern Ireland.
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Lycopene - a nutrient found in tomatoes - may boost sperm quality, a study suggests.
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Kelvin Liew moved to Cornwall after his marriage ended and struggled to make new friends in an unknown area.
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In an innovative project in Colombia, blind and visually impaired women check for signs of breast cancer.
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Doctors are being told stop prescribing four types of Zantac, also known as ranitidine, as a "precaution".
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The parents of a 10-year-old boy who died after contracting HIV through contaminated blood products speak at the public inquiry.
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The patient was admitted with fever, but doctors in Malmo say tests show it was not an Ebola case.
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The BBC's Clive Myrie followed one of Europe's busiest trauma teams for several months.
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A woman who lost three babies says no improvements can "take away or heal any of the pain".
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Experts say holding clinics at supermarkets and music festivals would make a bigger difference.
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Emily Eccles' face was rebuilt using three titanium plates and more than 160 stitches.
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S1 boys are being offered the human papillomavirus vaccine, but GP Carolyn Calder wants the programme extended.
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The dukes and duchesses of Cambridge and Sussex voiced a promotional film which aired on television.
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Clive Myrie meets London's knife crime victims and the people who treat them
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Two brothers explain how it helps them to cope and want to break taboos surrounding the disease.
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Nicky Newman and Laura Middleton-Hughes have cancer that has spread around their bodies.
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The BBC's Caroline Wyatt looks at what medical advances might bring for people with multiple sclerosis.
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As the NHS opens a clinic for young gaming and gambling addicts, the father of one tells his story.
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