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Updated 2025-07-05 14:30
Cancer test treats patients with precision
The medical team are able to extract huge amounts of information from tiny fragments of DNA.
Incontinence: 'Lack of support' for older children
Campaigners say children who wet the bed and have daytime accidents are "suffering in silence".
How much screen time should children be allowed?
New World Health Organization guidelines say under twos should not have any sedentary screen time.
No sedentary screen time for babies, WHO says
Children under two should not be given screens or TV to keep them quiet, new guidelines say.
Coventry neurosurgeon gave patient 'appalling' surgery
Doctors say his work on a woman now "virtually unable to walk" is deeply flawed.
'My hands and legs needed to go when I got meningitis'
Mike Davies spent 70 days in intensive care with meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia.
The Lego bricks designed for children with sight loss
Children at one UK school have been testing them out. Some say other approaches should also be taught.
Teenage albino model: 'I'm thankful for my skin tone'
Kimberley Leech, 15, has appeared in the Italian edition of Vogue magazine.
Malaria vaccine rolled out for tens of thousands of children
The treatment, developed over 30 years, is the first to give partial protection to children, WHO says.
Self-injecting fillers 'a slippery slope'
A campaign to highlight the dangers of cosmetic procedures is to be launched shortly by the government in England.
Dorset stroke survivor hopes to inspire others
Paul Lambert had three strokes in 15 months but is not letting it stop him from taking on new physical challenges.
Campaign to tackle 'botched' cosmetic procedures
The use of self-injected dermal and lip fillers is rising, along with dangerous cosmetic surgery.
Athletes risking their health by 'under-fuelling'
Distance runner Gina Paletta warns how "under-fuelling" during training left her on crutches.
Parkinson's disease patient: 'I can walk... it's really helped me'
Parkinson's disease patient Gail Jardine can walk more freely after having a spinal implant fitted.
Parkinson's results beyond researchers' wildest dreams
Previously housebound patients are now able to walk more freely as a result of electrical stimulation to their spines. Researchers say the small trial of the treatment has gone 'beyond their wildest dreams'.
Older women exploited by IVF clinics, says fertility watchdog
Clinics are using "selective success rates" to target older women, the fertility watchdog warns.
The profoundly deaf girl who found her voice after brain surgery
Leia was born profoundly deaf but pioneering surgery and therapy has enabled her to hear sounds.
How making bars of soap 'started my life again'
Meet the people behind the soap company that help people with disabilities into the workplace.
Nottingham midwife saves best friend's life
Aimee Summers recognised the signs of a potentially fatal blood clot and gave emergency first aid.
Targeted checks 'prevent one-in-10 heart attacks'
Around 5,000 heart attacks and strokes a year could be prevented by personalising heart health checks.
London loneliness: Hackney Brocals help men find friends
The group aims to tackle male isolation across London through regular meet ups and trips.
Sore knee? Maybe you have a fabella
A little bone scientists thought was being lost to evolution seems to be making a comeback, say experts.
Mother 'felt suicidal' after baby death news reports
Holly Eastall says she felt suicidal after being falsely accused of abuse following her baby's death.
People with learning disabilities 'trapped' in hospitals as target missed
More than 2,200 people with learning disabilities are still being treated in hospitals, figures show.
Pembrokeshire GP job ad admits 'the hours stink'
A doctor in Pembrokeshire tweets a brutally honest job advert in a bid to relieve "tired" GPs.
Salon opens 'safe space' for breastfeeding mums in Dereham
The owner offers a place for mums to feed their babies as her sister felt "uncomfortable" doing it in public.
'My boyfriend's sperm, or a donor's?'
"Emma" says it is unfair that she faces a deadline to choose how to fertilise her frozen eggs.
'The doctor wrote a question mark for my child's sex'
A child known as Baby A became the subject of a high court case that has prompted Kenya to start changing its approach to intersex children.
HIV used to cure 'bubble boy' disease
All eight infants now have fully functioning immune systems after undergoing treatment, say experts.
Ipswich 'killing-suicide': Crisis team 'missed opportunity'
A mental health crisis team is criticised after a patient killed his wife before taking his own life.
Mother of 14-year-old who killed herself at the Priory speaks out
Amy El-Keria was a patient at Ticehurst House Psychiatric Hospital, which has been fined £300,000 over her death.
The Priory fined £300k over death of 14-year-old girl
Amy El-Keria hanged herself at a clinic run by the private healthcare company in 2012.
'I helped test a wonder drug - then I was denied it'
When Louise Moorhouse took part in a drug trial she was able to eat normally for the first time in her life.
Technology to keep dementia patients out of hospital
Radar technology and tiny brain-monitors are just some of the devices being tested by a new research centre.
A rasher of bacon a day 'ups cancer risk'
Eating even small amounts of red or processed meat increases the risk of bowel cancer, study finds.
'My son killed himself after circumcision'
Why did a young man kill himself two years after being circumcised?
Breech baby scan 'would save lives'
A scan at 36 weeks could help spot tricky breech deliveries, when a baby's bottom or feet will emerge first.
'Instagram triggers my epilepsy'
An epilepsy charity has called for social media seizure warnings
'Netball made me the person I was before depression'
Shaharun Nessa took up netball after suffering postnatal depression and now runs a group for women.
Measles cases quadruple globally in 2019, says UN
The World Health Organization says the latest figures paint "an alarming picture".
Artificial gravity tests could reduce muscle loss, say researchers
Spinning bedridden patients and astronauts on a centrifuge could maintain muscle strength, scientists say.
Swansea boy's 'neck pain' was rare throat cancer
Eight-year-old McKenzie John, from Swansea, is due to undergo proton beam therapy next month.
Epilepsy charity calls for social media seizure warnings
People with epilepsy are being exposed to flashing images, some deliberately, says a charity.
Mental health nurses join police officers on duty
Police officers say they are "overwhelmed" by calls to mental health patients and need round-the-clock help from medical staff.
Stoma bags: Bin rules 'can add to house share struggles'
Amber Davies opens up about having to dispose of her stoma bag while living with friends.
Clampdown planned for British online pharmacies
New rules should help keep patients safe, says the General Pharmaceutical Council.
Sleep myths 'damaging your health'
US researchers have looked at the most common ones that we may fall for.
Free sanitary products plan extended to primary girls
Move follows announcement of funding for free tampons and towels in secondary schools and colleges in England.
How we became part of a kidney swap chain
Mandy Murray's husband Graham gave his kidney to someone in Belfast so his wife got a transplant in return.
Statins 'don't work well for one in two people'
Fresh research questions the merit of the cholesterol-lowering pills taken by millions of Britons.
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