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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.
Israeli scientists ‘print 3D heart using human tissue’
Israeli scientists say they have created the world’s first 3D-printed heart using human tissue.
Spina bifida womb op baby back home in Essex
Two-week-old Elouise Simpson is home after "foetal repair" surgery following a spina bifida diagnosis.
Is it really worth injecting vitamins?
There is a growing trend for intravenous "vitamin" drips - but what are the risks? And do they even work?
200 hospital patients died while waiting to be discharged in 2018
Delayed discharges also resulted in patients spending thousands of extra days in hospital.
Call to end ban on producing immune therapy from UK blood
Eight-year-old Megan Steadman's immune system is like that of a newborn without the treatment, her mum says.
Gene-silencing: 'New class' of medicine reverses disease porphyria
Gene silencing drugs spared patients from the crippling pain caused by porphyria, in a clinical trial.
More GP appointments available due to success of pilot scheme
Time For Care saved the equivalent of 1.23m GP appointments last year and is now being expanded.
Yoga 'eases my Irritable Bowel Syndrome'
Sufferers of Irritable Bowel Syndrome describe how tailored yoga classes are helping their condition.
Ebola outbreak 'not global emergency yet'
World Health Organization says Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo will become an emergency without more support.
Dutch fertility doctor used own sperm to father 49 children, DNA tests show
DNA tests confirm doctor Jan Karbaat used his own sperm to impregnate women at his clinic.
Bounty pregnancy club fined £400,000 over data handling
The club shared the personal data of more than 14 million people without proper consent.
Fewer people injured in violent attacks - A&E data study
Admissions of patients injured in violent attacks in England and Wales dropped in 2018.
Give women more consistent abortion service, NHS told
Appointments within a week and a choice of medical or surgical abortions are being recommended.
Doctors call for transparency over no-deal drug risk
The BMA says government "must be transparent", after Newsnight reveals certain drugs cannot be stockpiled.
Spring brings no respite for NHS in England
Long waits still being seen in A&E in England as other parts of the health system continue to struggle.
Web therapy 'calmed my irritable bowels'
People with irritable bowel syndrome could have fewer symptoms after web-based therapy, research suggests.
‘Three-person’ baby boy born in Greece
The baby was conceived using an experimental form of IVF that has been criticised by some experts.
One in 10 child asthma cases 'linked to traffic pollution'
Current pollution guidelines should be reviewed to improve children's health, a global study says.
Taiwan doctor finds four sweat bees living inside woman's eye
The small sweat bees flew into her eyes and may have been drinking her tears as a source of food.
‘I’m 35, with two young children – and Parkinson’s’
Ellie Finch Hulme is a translator and a busy mum of two children. And she also has a disease associated with people decades older.
Dad delivers own baby in Oxfordshire pub
A 999 call operator has met the family that she talked through childbirth.
Third baby dies after contracting hospital infection
The death at Glasgow's Princess Royal Maternity Hospital is connected to a rare blood infection.
Umbilical cord art - would you do it?
Some mothers are making their baby's umbilical cord into artwork, but are getting mixed reactions.
Cocaine injecting and homelessness 'behind Glasgow HIV rise'
Figures show Glasgow city centre is seeing the UK's largest outbreak of HIV in more than 30 years.
Private hospitals 'must do more to keep patients safe'
Rogue surgeons like Ian Paterson must not be able to harm anyone again, surgeons' leaders say.
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