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Radio aids can help young children with hearing loss - but not everyone can access them.

Women with fewer "friendly" vaginal bacteria appear to be at greater risk, study finds.

Plus-size bloggers Jess and Laura are encouraging others to feel comfortable exercising in public.

A girl from war-torn Yemen who had an aggressive tumour in her eye has been fitted with a prosthetic.

How does blind dressage rider, Nicola Naylor, compete nationally and internationally in para and non-disabled events if she can't see?

Polly Tonkins was born with dislocated hips but a fitness programme has left her feeling better than ever.

David Mackereth refused to address transgender people using pronouns relating to their chosen sex.

The story book aimed at helping young cancer patients to understand what's happening to them.

Samantha Bell is training a group of dancers to take part in the Dance World Cup in Portugal.

NHS boss Nick Hulme says some patients refuse to be treated by nurses of a different race.

Researchers find that in US states that have legalised the drug, teen use has dropped.

Pauline Parr collapsed after eating what is thought to have been an egg sandwich, an inquest hears.

It came due to staff shortages at NI's only inpatient unit for children with mental health problems.

A snapshot from Butembo in DR Congo - one of the frontlines in the fight against the deadly virus.

Doctors say the drugs are making the "previously untreatable, treatable" and have huge potential.

All boys in the UK aged 12 to 13 will be offered the vaccine from the start of the new school year.

A lawsuit claims a mix-up at a California fertility clinic meant a woman delivered the wrong children.

Ministers have been criticised over delays to the opening of Wales' first gender identify clinic.

A child born in 2011 in Birmingham may die two to seven months early, researchers say.

One of the "Pink Ladies" who took part in a mass tractor parade through Norfolk tells us her story.

Approximately 780 patients at the Belfast Cancer Centre had treatments in April and May cancelled.

Michael Tupper is taking an NHS trust to court over the letters which he says left him "angered".

Some areas face 50% longer waiting lists as doctors say they cannot afford to work extra shifts.

One family on their struggle to find support after their daughter was diagnosed with anorexia.

The deadline of 1 September set for the deal is a "tight" timeframe, experts have warned.

Karl Butler, 38, has months to live but has made a bucket list "as there are still things to be done".

Kate Williams says she only knows of three other people in the UK who have the same cancer as her.

The pioneering surgery at Austin Health Centre in Melbourne has been described as potentially having a life-changing impact.

Holly Browning lost feeling in her arm and couldn't speak.

A small UK study found promising signs of a kinder, less invasive treatment for the disease.

"It's made a huge difference in my life," says one patient who can now live independently.

A diabetic teenager has been refusing treatment and says she wants to die.

Labour MP Paul Blomfield was close to tears in the Commons as he told MPs his father took his own life after a terminal cancer diagnosis.

Riona O Connor says when people comment on her four-year-old boy breastfeeding she usually "makes a joke of it".

Noel Conway lost his appeal for the right to die at the UK's highest court last year.

The BBC found examples of app users logging harmful habits or punishing themselves for over-eating.

The figures are 10 times higher than the general population, making support vital, a study says.

One in four patients waiting longer than one hour for vital antibiotic treatment, figures suggest.

But campaigners and a former Conservative health minister have criticised his idea.

The invasive Group A streptococcal bacterium has now infected 34 people across Essex.

Some common cancers are now more likely to be caused by obesity than tobacco, a charity is warning.

The government did not manage expectations after allowing doctors to prescribe cannabis, a report finds.

Why female mikveh or ritual bath attendants are being trained to look out for signs of cancer and domestic violence.

Haemophiliac Alistair Bennett contracted HIV/Aids from a contaminated blood product. He died aged 22.

Serious concerns are raised by MPs about penalty fines for vulnerable people going to the dentist.

UK attitudes towards abortion are becoming more liberal, a poll suggests.

Scottish universities are to recruit more medical students from Scotland at the expense of those from elsewhere in the UK.

Experts say the company's unproven vitamin drip therapy could have exploited "vulnerable women".

A debate has broken out after Snoop Dogg posted a photo of himself and Paul Gascoigne on Instagram.

Northern Ireland's politicians have jointly called for Group B Strep screening for all pregnant women.