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A study suggests that airlines do not carry adequate supply of cures for youngsters on board their flights.

Avon was given a radical circumcision as a newborn baby. It affects his every living moment.

Knitted characters created for a village festival have a new role to help the elderly.

Up to 600 women with a hereditary, advanced form of the cancer could benefit each year in England.

The bacterium has infected more than 30 people in Essex, claiming 13 lives.

A 20-year-old musician releases his debut album just a year after serious illness and major surgery.

Is it fair to judge Brits for not coping in the heat, or are there biological reasons why we struggle?

Research shows that MRI scans at a person's first diagnosis could inform patients' treatment choices.

This increases the risk of mental health issues going unnoticed, charity NSPCC says.

The smartwatch-style device, worn by patients at home, monitors tremors and other symptoms.

Zholia Alemi, jailed in 2018 for fraud, treated mental health patients in Norfolk and Suffolk.

While average smoking rates have plummeted, some groups have been left behind.

A simple guide to how to manage your sleep during a heatwave

A busy day at in the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald as two sets of triplets are born within 24 hours.

Campaigners say change will help to preserve the dignity of women, non-binary and trans detainees.

The singer reached number one with 'Love Me Again' but has had a break from music due to his health.

The invasive Group A streptococcal bacterium has infected 35 people across Essex.

A widow tells the contaminated blood inquiry of both her and her husband's infections.

Sarah Boyle underwent chemotherapy and a mastectomy before the mistake was noticed.

With temperatures set to soar in the coming days, how can the UK keep cool and carry on?

A lawyer representing victims of the contaminated blood scandal urges ministers to help them.

It works for "dad jokes" too, according to researchers who tried it out on 72 volunteers.

The ambition is part of a range of measures to tackle the causes of preventable ill health.

Yousef used to spend hours hanging around the High Street with mates, until an injury changed his life.

Newborn screening checks for rare but serious health conditions are not happening, says a charity.

Drug-resistant malaria parasites have moved from Cambodia to Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.

Abdi Jama was paralysed after a fall. Now he's an international wheelchair basketball player for Great Britain.

Early findings of patients reporting thoughts of self-harm warranted investigation, Newsnight finds.

Finding could lead to the first treatment for the devastating disease.

Naomi Macarthur got breast implants in 2014, but within weeks says she began to suffer from chronic pain and extreme fatigue.

One woman says she experienced severe pain, tiredness, hair loss and allergies because of the condition.

Countries must work together to tackle global health risks, England's outgoing chief medical officer warns.

Experts fear that for some vulnerable girls, secondary school lessons on the issue will be too late.

Doctors' refusal to work overtime is the issue, its chief executive warns.

The trust running Wolverhampton's New Cross says lessons have been learned to better manage sepsis.

Whether it's almond, soy or coconut it seems cow's milk is being ditched for alternatives.

The "world's most relaxing song" could be just as good at calming patients' nerves, a study suggests.

Theresa May says "it's not fair" parents have to return to work before their baby leaves hospital.

Loddon head teacher Jim Adams writes to parents after three pupils contract the disease.

The app guides users through a urine test and allows the results to be analysed online by a pharmacist.

The figures, which are across the UK, are 'deeply worrying', say the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Cancer Research warns people in the UK to protect their skin at home and not only when they are away.

Ritaj and Rital were born joined at the head. They're reunited with the doctors who saved their lives.

The rare declaration comes after Ebola killed more than 1,600 people in DR Congo.

Referrals to NHS gender identity clinics have more than tripled in the past five years.

A trust had found almost 15,000 patients may have been affected by a failure to pass on medical updates.

The former 1930s council house will support 420 families a year and has five bedrooms.

Scientific review shows they are as leakproof as other sanitary products, say researchers.

Experts back five ways of trying to halt Scotland's rising toll of drug-related deaths.

A new medical guide aims to improve the chances of saving children's lives, and limbs, in war zones.