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Women are illegally taking abortion pills, which they have bought online, at home to avoid experiencing abortions on public transport.
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Will you be able to use the European Health Insurance Card when the UK leaves the EU?
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Some are buying them online to take at home to avoid enduring abortions on public transport.
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Patients are being told £324m cost savings are not compromising care.
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A survey also showed that younger people were more likely to consider cosmetic surgery than older people.
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A care home made "no serious effort" to inform relatives of the woman's death, a report says.
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The plea was issued by MLA Mark H Durkan, whose sister took her own life in 2011.
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Former glamour model Melinda Messenger reflects on the breast augmentation she had in her 20s.
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The company says the products are not passing "stringent shelf-life tests", meaning they could burst.
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Legal permission will no longer be needed to withdraw treatment from patients in a permanent vegetative state, if medics and relatives agree.
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Women should be able to take the pills at home, as they can in Scotland and Wales, experts say.
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NHS England says it is working to "free up additional capacity" in testing labs
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Judges will decide whether to make it easier to withdraw food from people in vegetative states.
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For many women, pregnancy is a magical time. But what happens when it isn't what you expected?
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How one man is preparing for his own death at the age of 46 in the town with England's biggest health gap.
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Government says it is on track to meet its target, but Labour says it has "broken its promises" on extended care.
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The Queen's granddaughter says it has been "too raw" to talk about until now.
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The BBC's Henri Astier explains how mindfulness helped him beat the curse of chronic pelvic pain.
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An extra £2m is to be given to health boards in Scotland to offer help to mums who want to breastfeed their babies for longer.
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5 Live listener Jo tries to overcome her fear of flying on a special course, which includes a 30 min flight. But will she be able to do it?
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Social media users are being asked to try Scroll Free September, as part of a public health campaign.
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Police will carry out a fourth investigation into the deaths of patients at Gosport War Memorial Hospital.
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A report found children were allegedly given a "truth drug", stripped and abused at the hospital.
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Merryn Crofts is only the second person in the UK to have the illness recorded on her death certificate.
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Millions of people who need short-term access to wheelchairs are going without, a Red Cross study says.
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Ethan was 11 when he was told his kidney needed to be removed - but he faced "unacceptable delays".
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The numbers of older mothers are growing, but what are the health risks?
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UK doctors will be able to legally prescribe medicinal cannabis to patients from the autumn.
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Meet some people from the World Down Syndrome Congress, being held in Glasgow.
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It follows high-profile cases involving children with severe epilepsy being denied access to cannabis oil.
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Jonathan Bryan was born with severe cerebral palsy which makes it difficult to communicate.
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Nurses have complained on social media their pay went up by much less than their union had promised.
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An NHS scheme in Burnley aims to keep people safe at home and reduce hospital admissions.
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Actress Ruth Madeley, who has spina bifida, considers the ground-breaking surgery that can help babies with the condition - while they're still in the womb.
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Boys are more likely to keep the same group of friends, research suggests.
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Charity ADHD Action is calling on the government to formally record adult ADHD figures.
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The light-headed feeling is caused by a sudden drop in blood pressure, known as orthostatic hypotension.
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Dr Kenneth Milner would have been interviewed over rape and child cruelty at a psychiatric hospital.
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People are getting less protection than they should because of slapdash application, scientists say.
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The outsourcing of NHS England's back office tasks was a "shambles" according to a committee of MPs.
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Heidi Crowter, from Coventry, is speaking at the World Down Syndrome Congress in Glasgow.
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Matt Hancock, who replaced Jeremy Hunt as health secretary, tells Newsbeat there is "loads to do" with apps in the NHS.
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Stella Curran's nine-year-old daughter Belle is waiting for a lung transplant.
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A researcher is working to develop cheaper robotic pets for use in care homes.
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A retired fertility expert speaks of helping to deliver the world's first IVF baby 40 years ago.
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Hundreds of cards and letters were received by Louise Brown's family after her birth in July 1978.
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock says talks are under way to secure supplies of medicine and blood products.
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In the 1970s and 1980s thousands of UK patients were given blood products infected with Hepatitis C and HIV.
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Dutch scientists call an immediate halt to research with the anti-impotence drug in pregnancy.
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The price of medicines, plus an increase in the number of prescriptions, has led to a larger bill for the Scottish government.
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