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The contact lens was designed to help people with diabetes monitor their glucose levels

The doctors were involved in the care of Claire Roberts who died at a Belfast hospital in 1996.

Emily Pratt, six, took part in the treatment trial and can now tolerate foods with traces of peanuts.

Noise in hospitals often exceeds harmful levels and can affect the wellbeing of patients and staff, research finds.

Some 3,000 doctors face scrutiny after an unqualified New Zealander practised in the UK for 22 years.

Blood donors urged to keep appointments to avoid a dramatic slump in stocks over the festive period.

People paying thousands for wigs want the psychological impacts of hair loss to be better understood.

Gary Lightbody says it's "an unforgiveable act" to leave Northern Ireland without political leadership.

Bosses ask the PM to honour a pledge to give it the same status as physical health in the workplace.

A campaign group says more than 100 schools did not take up free awareness sessions.

Rebecca Shorrocks nearly lost her life to cardiomyopathy - a heart condition she never knew she had.

When Nessa Wrafter suffered after the birth of her child, she decided to make a film about her experience.

Aged three, Romeo Hadley suffered purpura fulminans, which led to both his legs being amputated.

A couple share their experience of having sex without condoms when one partner has HIV.

The home care provider was warned this month by the care regulator about its financial sustainability.

A new report says there's no link between lack of sleep and early death, but does that come as any comfort?

Surgeons issue a warning as more young people suffer injuries performing stunts for social media.

Patients and GPs have been frustrated by shortages following the staggered supply of the vaccine.

The announcement comes the day after an "appalling" cervical-screening blunder hits more than 40,000 women.

George Roach's wife Michelle died from a pulmonary embolism six weeks after giving birth.

Exposure to diesel fumes was linked to an approximate 5% reduction in lung capacity in London children.

Worldwide sales of blood plasma are increasingly strongly, but is it ethically right that people should be paid to donate it?

Sarah Burgwin wants the NHS to pay for Orkambi to treat her six-year-old daughter's cystic fibrosis.

Oli Weatherall has to go to extreme lengths to keep himself alive because of a severe peanut allergy

More than 40,000 women have not received information after a failure to send out letters.

More than 200 families seek answers about their maternity care amid a review into baby deaths.

The decision comes after patients in some areas of England were denied access to the device.

This living laboratory could hold the key to controlling malaria and other conditions.

Bobby was injecting heroin and crack cocaine up to six times a day. He's spoken to the BBC about what made him turn his life around.

Terror attack victims and injured soldiers are to benefit from research at the Birmingham centre.

BBC presenter Rachael Bland's husband reveals moving words of their son, Freddie, after her death.

From January 2019 post-mortem examinations on children from Northern Ireland will have to be carried out in Liverpool.

A new Dundee University study calls for mandatory protective headgear to prevent injuries in the sport.

The estate car was covered in paintwork and logos that made it look like an operational ambulance.

Families with autistic children say they struggle to get support to cope with violent outbursts.

Action on Sugar surveyed milkshakes on sale in the UK - one contained 39 teaspoons of sugar.

A reform charity says new figures "illustrate in graphic detail why prison is no place for a child".

A contender to be the next Welsh Labour first minister says he wants to extend the smoking ban.

A type of cell the body uses to destroy cancer gets clogged by fat and stops working, findings suggest.

The individual was on holiday in Morocco, a country deemed high risk by public health officials.

Experts say millions of pounds is being spent in case of a no-deal instead of creating new medicines.

Beauticians are giving cancer patients free workshops to help with the side effects of treatment.

How do you go about dressing your baby for their final resting place when conventional clothes don't fit?

Scientists hope the test may offer a new way to spot those at risk of dementia, before symptoms show.

The mum of a premature baby explains why maternity leave is inadequate for parents like her.

Why one teenager walked from Leeds to London to raise awareness of mental health.

Michelle Keegan admits she had put off cervical cancer screening but tells women it was not painful.

Lynette Mchendry is one of 100,000 NI claimants being reassessed for disability or illness benefits.

Too much iron in the blood, or haemochromatosis, is a little-known, debilitating condition, often undiagnosed.