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Edinburgh researchers find the painkiller blocks a key process linked to tumour formation.
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Every year tens of thousands of Pakistanis are forced to have amputations as a result of diabetes.
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Harry St Ledger has a brain tumour and wore a special mask during his radiotherapy.
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Melissa Ohden was 14 when she learned she survived a failed abortion.
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A young carer who dropped out of college because she would lose her allowance wants a change in the law.
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The late Dame Tessa Jowell successfully campaigned for better access to cancer treatment on the NHS after being diagnosed herself.
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A surge in measles cases in Russia means football fans should protect themselves before travelling.
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Judy Perkins had been given three months to live, but two years later there is no sign of cancer in her body.
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A tribunal rules that the 43-year-old chose the wrong method to deliver the baby in Dundee in 2014.
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Fruit juices could also disappear from school lunch menus, while the amount of fruit and vegetables increase.
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One woman explains how she used binge-eating and obesity to cope with being abused as a child.
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From Monday, about 70% of women with early stage cancer may be able to avoid the gruelling treatment.
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Rikke Schmidt Kjaergaard's heart stopped for 40 seconds - and then she became 'locked' inside her body.
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Many shisha bars have been selling illegal tobacco to unsuspecting customers despite authorities' efforts to crack down on the trade.
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Immunotherapy treatment could provide "spectacular" results for some patients, doctors say.
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Software that can map the structure of an individual human brain is being trialled in tumour patients.
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Physiotherapist and stand-up comedian Elaine teaches women how to sort out their pelvic floors.
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A five-minute heart test saved the life of a baby born at Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry.
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Tramadol is meant to treat severe pain - but in Nigeria it's being used by fighters.
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Here's some advice from a psychologist based on scientific research.
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Undiagnosed pneumonia and pressure sores are behind the rise in hospitals in England.
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Two out of five parents said no-one talked to them about the loss of their baby when they went back to work.
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MPs say teaching children about organ donation could boost donor numbers and bust some common myths.
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New Zealand has the developed world's worst teenage suicide rate. One comedian is trying to change that.
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A one-year-old girl who had her limbs amputated after contracting meningitis C has been allowed home.
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Meuris Willams from Llanrwst is in pain and wonders how much longer the wait will be.
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Higher patient demand and staff costs are blamed for a total deficit of £960m for trusts in England.
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More searches for lip filling are made in one northern city than anywhere else in Britain, research suggests.
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Stuart Gumm often suffers panic attacks, no longer drives, and rarely leaves the house.
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Fat but otherwise healthy women are still likelier to have a stroke or heart attack, a study says.
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Spending on e-cigarettes is increasing. The BBC looks at what's behind the rise.
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Advice in the UK is that women can breastfeed for as long as they and their child want to.
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Children are becoming more overweight as they go through primary school, latest figures show.
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The NHS trust involved has also recorded three incidents of "foreign objects" being left in patients.
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Dr Abdelkarim Mohamed was suspended for nine months for misconduct.
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The Scottish government pilot for free sanitary products for women on low incomes began in Aberdeen.
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Tony the Tiger and the Milky Bar Kid should no longer be used to promote items to children, MPs say.
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Tony the Tiger and the Milky Bar Kid should no longer be used to promote items to children, MPs say.
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A psychiatrist says he is in "no doubt there is a big problem" and more needs to be done.
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A psychiatrist says he is in "no doubt there is a big problem" and more needs to be done.
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Olive Belfield was a young nurse when Britain launched the National Health Service in 1948.
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Olive Belfield was a young nurse when Britain launched the National Health Service in 1948.
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Paying a surrogate in Canada is currently illegal and comes with harsh penalties and steep fines.
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Paying a surrogate in Canada is currently illegal and comes with harsh penalties and steep fines.
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Councils responsible for public health are concerned that children become more overweight at primary school.
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Communities in Uganda learn how to make recyclable products for periods to stop girls dropping out of school.
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Communities in Uganda learn how to make recyclable products for periods to stop girls dropping out of school.
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A new neck brace designed for people with motor neurone disease has made a "substantial difference".
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One patient had "no doubt" that the Sheffield-designed collar had improved his quality of life.
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Hip-hop dancer Chad Taylor explains how being sectioned transformed his life.
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