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All Maggie wanted for Christmas was toilet roll to play with, so her family got creative.
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British medical staff are travelling to Bangladesh where diphtheria is affecting refugee camps.
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Record sum comes as more hospitals charge disabled people and issue fines for non-payers.
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Worried about the impact of screens on your child's eyesight? Get them outdoors, say doctors.
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A woman starts a website to help disabled people navigate hospitals and flag up their facilities.
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The use of patients' weight to limit surgery has been rising in recent years.
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How restless leg syndrome made one woman severely sleep deprived.
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Once incurable diseases are now in the sights of doctors.
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Seeing relatives for the first time in a while could be an opportunity to spot signs of confusion.
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Parents tell of the challenges of Christmas with cancer: "I hold it in for the kids' sake, but it's exhausting".
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Christmas came early for these care home residents when they were visited by two little donkeys.
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If speculation based on the recent flu outbreak in Australia is to be believed, then yes - but what do scientists say?
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Singers with sickle cell disease take over London St Pancras.
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Twins who were born more than three months early have finally made it home.
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Jasmin Legg has thanked the 999 call handler who helped save her four-week-old son's life.
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Sam Kyme wanted a new life for her boys with her sister's family in Australia after her death.
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An electronic "scoreboard" can now track any sudden changes in patients' health at a Welsh hospital.
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A charity wants to "normalise" testing and reduce the stigma of getting checked out.
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A teenager is reaching out to young people struggling with depression over the festive period.
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But Public Health England is urging more people in their 70s to get their free injection.
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An Oxford firm has developed a device to sequence the genome of malaria parasites to help doctors detect the strain they're dealing with.
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Bosses say the move is needed to prepare for the early January spike in demand, but surgeons complain of short notice.
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Kaci Sullivan's second child came after he began to transition and start living as a man.
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Tina Gibson's daughter was born from an embryo that had been frozen for nearly 25 years.
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Neil Seviour managed to save his father's life after performing CPR he'd seen demonstrated on TV.
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Singers at free weekly workshops in Norfolk say they are given a sense of belonging.
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Life-threatening complications missed - and babies dead or brain-damaged among worst cases.
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How scientists are working to keep us healthier, for longer.
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Patients battling eating disorders in Northern Ireland often have to leave the country for treatment.
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People battling an eating disorder in Northern Ireland face having to travel hundreds of miles to get treatment.
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US mother who gave birth to the child was herself only one year old when the baby was conceived.
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Scientists can apply to make lethal strains of illnesses despite fear of accidental outbreaks.
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"This is the worst Christmas that we will ever have," said Audrey Goodine, 89.
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Cancer was the UK's most searched for health issue, Google Trend data for 2017 reveals.
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When David Shutts was treated for advanced kidney cancer nothing hurt him more than being jobless - so he decided to do something about it.
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A couple whose son spent his first Christmas in hospital are giving presents to premature babies.
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More children and young people are calling helplines about suicidal feelings, charities say.
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A Scottish government pilot project is helping women who can't afford sanitary products.
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People over the age of 80 give their take on how to age the right way.
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A woman returns to the hospital that saved her life 25 years ago with an unusual gift.
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Government officials have apologised for using a discredited report into the contaminated blood products scandal, the BBC can reveal.
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Hayley Martin's unborn daughter has no kidneys as a result of a fatal rare genetic disease.
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The Department of Health is coming under pressure to issue more guidance on the practice.
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Firefighter Alex Hume gave his daughter a kidney, after years of being deemed incompatible.
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How a groundbreaking kidney transplant procedure changed the lives of a father and daughter.
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Charging for hospital car parking could also help raise cash, the health department suggests.
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Researchers claim ginkgo biloba may help the brain recover after a stroke but experts say the evidence is far too weak.
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Whistleblowers tell BBC News prisoners have died and others injured due to poor care.
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There may not be enough doctors to treat increasing number of patients, the official regulator warns.
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Lashing out violently while asleep because of certain dreams can be a warning of other brain disorders.
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