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Sexual satisfaction appears to increase with age, according to a reproductive health poll.
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The UK system criticised on its track record of caring for heart attacks, strokes and cancer.
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Professor Nola Ishmael OBE, joined the NHS in 1963 and rose up the ranks to become the first black Director of Nursing in London.
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Chris Coombs describes how depression led him to attempt suicide in his first year at university.
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Businessman John Caudwell pledges to spend more than £1m of his own money to help fund Lyme Disease research.
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The Office for National Statistics publishes higher education suicide rates for the first time.
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Patients are struggling to find affordable travel insurance, long after any key treatment is finished.
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The NHS in Dorset is trialling a 'smart insole' that can help to keep dementia patients safe.
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Patients, carers and MPs say exercise therapy prescribed for chronic fatigue syndrome can be harmful to patients.
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Angela Rose, who has terminal cancer says the boxes will be "part of me to give to them when I die".
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New rules aiming to tackle child obesity have been broadly welcomed - with some reservations.
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It follows claims the devices, used to give powerful painkillers, could have caused widespread deaths.
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New measures also aim to limit junk food ads and end the sale of energy drinks to children.
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The custom-made shoes feature characters and designs to suit the child's tastes.
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Malin Andersson - who was on the show with Sophie Gradon - says people don't see the downside to reality TV.
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After a Met Office warning about unusually high pollen levels, here are some top tips for sufferers.
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Taxi drivers are not allowed to say no to guide dogs, but that doesn't stop them.
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Experts say the WHO's decision risks "pathologising" a behaviour that is harmless for most people.
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Shirley Kordie's brother Joseph is a "perfect" stem cell match and is ready to donate.
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Debates about the NHS often focus on the pressures of an ageing population, but how do younger patients use the service?
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Given hours after chemotherapy, it showed promising results in children with a rare cancer.
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By 2035 about 234,000 over-75s will get cancer each year - up from 130,000 now, a report estimates.
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A charity that provides nursery care for children who have to stay in hospital has been set up.
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Relatives call for a criminal inquiry into the "unforgivable" actions at the Gosport hospital.
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The parents of Charlie Gard say they want a change in the law and 'will try and help anyone else who is in the same boat as us'.
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The parents of Charlie Gard want to change the law so other cases like theirs don't end up in court.
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Charlotte Caldwell has been treating her severely epileptic son, Billy, with cannabis oil since 2016.
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Eight products are affected and the advice is to return bottles to where they were bought.
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An inquiry found that painkillers were prescribed without medical justification to older patients.
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Young people are giving up their time to provide comfort for care home residents living with dementia.
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Professor Tipu Aziz and his team have inserted electrodes into 2,000 patients' brains.
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A panel has analysed hundreds of patient death certificates at Gosport War Memorial Hospital.
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The London hospital has transformed eye care and saved the sight of millions since the start of the NHS.
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About third of those arrested in England have mental health issues. The BBC met the nurses who help them.
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Families of epileptic children welcomed the move, which does not change rules on recreational use.
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The government has dismissed calls to legalise cannabis for recreational use. What are the drug's risks?
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Experts say there is no downplaying the trauma that taking a child away from a parent causes.
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As Lord Hague calls for a change in the law on cannabis, young people claim it is often seen as a "softer" stimulant.
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The debate on legalising cannabis has been reignited by the case of a 12-year-old boy with epilepsy.
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But the home secretary tells MPs there will be a review of cannabis-based medicines in the UK.
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It's 70 years since the start of the NHS. How have hospitals changed for child patients since 1948?
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Hannah Deacon, whose son suffers from epilepsy, says she was given a pledge by Theresa May
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Ellie and Chris James's newborn son died in their arms - minutes after being told he was already dead.
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The mpMRI scan is currently available in just three out of seven Welsh health boards.
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The 12-year-old is treated in hospital for his severe epilepsy with the oil, which is illegal in the UK.
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Theresa May is asked how the government will fund a £20bn cash increase for the NHS.
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Theresa May calls for a review into how cases involving the medical use of cannabis are handled.
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