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When applied at home or by untrained nail technicians, reactions can occur, skin experts say.

Scientists show innate ability is not the explanation for men navigating better than women.

A teenage girl, who has incurable leukaemia, had a wish to hang out with a DJ.

Gemma Lowery says her son’s legacy is improving the lives of children with cancer.

A&E attendances in England in July were at the highest level since records began in 2010.

Synestra de Courcy died just days before her gender reassignment surgery was approved.

Researchers disclose an unfixed vulnerability that threatens medical devices.

Amin Abdullah set himself on fire outside Kensington Palace after losing his "dream job".

In January Aurelia Brouwers drank poison supplied by a doctor and lay down to die. She was 29.

Could cooler testicles make for better swimming sperm - and more of them?

Exercising three to five times a week helps improved wellbeing over a month, US research finds.

Doctors say deaths are still rare but we need to open our eyes to the risk.

Beauticians are banned from joining a new register designed to make cosmetic fillers safer.

The tests, which provide a result in 15 minutes, are going on sale in Superdrug stores across the UK.

Defibrillator trainer Helen Tennant shows how to respond in an emergency.

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists warns about low success rates and high costs.

Stuart Askew helped save his son's life with a device which he had himself installed just two days previously.

Bristol was the last place in England patients could get NHS homeopathy - it is also available in Glasgow.

The BBC's Katy Watson speaks to supporters and opponents of the abortion bill ahead of a key vote.

Increases to life expectancy in the UK have stalled since 2011, data from the ONS reveals.

Changing the way that parents interact with their infants could help combat child obesity, a US study suggests.

Heart attack patients are more likely to survive if they are treated by a female doctor, a study suggests.

Use of coils, implants and injections has nearly doubled in a decade, NHS figures show.

Shops continue to sell the illegal cream as Trading Standards struggle to regulate the sector.

A Panorama investigation reveals safety concerns relating to some websites selling prescription drugs.

The NSPCC says the statistics, which have doubled over 20 years, are "sadly unsurprising".

Drug policy campaigners say the government is responsible for "vulnerable people dying in droves".

Some doctor sites are selling prescription-only drugs to potentially vulnerable patients, BBC Panorama finds.

The actress voices an NHS recruitment ad after speaking out over health funding.

Dr Arvind Madan, NHS England's director of primary care, wrote remarks on a medical forum.

The equalities watchdog says it will take legal action over discriminatory and "outdated" policies.

Adults in England will be presumed to consent to donating their organs under "Max's Law".

Nine-year-old Ted has Stickler syndrome - which caused his retinas to detach resulting in him becoming blind.

Mothers across Colombia gathered to breastfeed in public as part of World Breastfeeding Week.

Three out of four women develop thrush at least once and 6% suffer repeatedly, scientists say.

A report into the cardiac unit at a London hospital said the team was consumed by a "dark force".

There are 400,000 bees living on the roof of the East London Mosque in Whitechapel.

Donna Green's son Tiernan died aged 20 from an asthma attack. Now she's educating others to raise awareness.

Police say two men were arrested after packages containing liquid were sent to a number of hospitals.

Muckamore Abbey Hospital provides care to adults with intellectual disabilities and mental health issues.

Staff shortages and overcrowding blamed for a rise of more than a third in two years in recorded deaths.

Why we may get less than half the sun protection we expect.

The changes are similar to those seen in the early stages of heart failure, experts say.

The process, where the tongue is cut in half, can lead to blood loss and nerve damage, experts say.

How taking part in a study for autistic children using Google glasses and an app helped one boy.

Personal trainer Mark Henderson to 5 Live that he struggled with his body image after an accident.

Rolling the scheme out across the UK would provide all babies with a safe space to sleep, midwives say.

Alcohol abuse is bad for the brain - but could there be health benefits for moderate drinkers?

Thousands of hours of GP shifts are unfilled at weekends and in the evenings, figures reveal.

Shelagh cares for her daughter Ailidh who has had complex mental health issues since she was 12.