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The medical team are able to extract huge amounts of information from tiny fragments of DNA.
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Campaigners say children who wet the bed and have daytime accidents are "suffering in silence".
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New World Health Organization guidelines say under twos should not have any sedentary screen time.
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Children under two should not be given screens or TV to keep them quiet, new guidelines say.
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Doctors say his work on a woman now "virtually unable to walk" is deeply flawed.
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Mike Davies spent 70 days in intensive care with meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia.
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Children at one UK school have been testing them out. Some say other approaches should also be taught.
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Kimberley Leech, 15, has appeared in the Italian edition of Vogue magazine.
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The treatment, developed over 30 years, is the first to give partial protection to children, WHO says.
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A campaign to highlight the dangers of cosmetic procedures is to be launched shortly by the government in England.
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Paul Lambert had three strokes in 15 months but is not letting it stop him from taking on new physical challenges.
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The use of self-injected dermal and lip fillers is rising, along with dangerous cosmetic surgery.
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Distance runner Gina Paletta warns how "under-fuelling" during training left her on crutches.
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Parkinson's disease patient Gail Jardine can walk more freely after having a spinal implant fitted.
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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'.
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Clinics are using "selective success rates" to target older women, the fertility watchdog warns.
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Leia was born profoundly deaf but pioneering surgery and therapy has enabled her to hear sounds.
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Meet the people behind the soap company that help people with disabilities into the workplace.
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Aimee Summers recognised the signs of a potentially fatal blood clot and gave emergency first aid.
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Around 5,000 heart attacks and strokes a year could be prevented by personalising heart health checks.
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The group aims to tackle male isolation across London through regular meet ups and trips.
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A little bone scientists thought was being lost to evolution seems to be making a comeback, say experts.
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Holly Eastall says she felt suicidal after being falsely accused of abuse following her baby's death.
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More than 2,200 people with learning disabilities are still being treated in hospitals, figures show.
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A doctor in Pembrokeshire tweets a brutally honest job advert in a bid to relieve "tired" GPs.
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The owner offers a place for mums to feed their babies as her sister felt "uncomfortable" doing it in public.
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"Emma" says it is unfair that she faces a deadline to choose how to fertilise her frozen eggs.
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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.
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All eight infants now have fully functioning immune systems after undergoing treatment, say experts.
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A mental health crisis team is criticised after a patient killed his wife before taking his own life.
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Amy El-Keria was a patient at Ticehurst House Psychiatric Hospital, which has been fined £300,000 over her death.
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Amy El-Keria hanged herself at a clinic run by the private healthcare company in 2012.
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When Louise Moorhouse took part in a drug trial she was able to eat normally for the first time in her life.
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Radar technology and tiny brain-monitors are just some of the devices being tested by a new research centre.
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Eating even small amounts of red or processed meat increases the risk of bowel cancer, study finds.
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Why did a young man kill himself two years after being circumcised?
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A scan at 36 weeks could help spot tricky breech deliveries, when a baby's bottom or feet will emerge first.
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An epilepsy charity has called for social media seizure warnings
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Shaharun Nessa took up netball after suffering postnatal depression and now runs a group for women.
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The World Health Organization says the latest figures paint "an alarming picture".
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Spinning bedridden patients and astronauts on a centrifuge could maintain muscle strength, scientists say.
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Eight-year-old McKenzie John, from Swansea, is due to undergo proton beam therapy next month.
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People with epilepsy are being exposed to flashing images, some deliberately, says a charity.
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Police officers say they are "overwhelmed" by calls to mental health patients and need round-the-clock help from medical staff.
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Amber Davies opens up about having to dispose of her stoma bag while living with friends.
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New rules should help keep patients safe, says the General Pharmaceutical Council.
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US researchers have looked at the most common ones that we may fall for.
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Move follows announcement of funding for free tampons and towels in secondary schools and colleges in England.
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Mandy Murray's husband Graham gave his kidney to someone in Belfast so his wife got a transplant in return.
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Fresh research questions the merit of the cholesterol-lowering pills taken by millions of Britons.
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