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A document says an order that would have shut down West Suffolk Hospital was looked at.

Alcohol consumption is glamorised across different aspects of Punjabi culture and shame stops many seeking the help that they need.

MIT severs ties with a start-up attempting to copy people's memories when they die.

A woman traumatised by being ignored during labour had lengthy physical and mental problems.

For Dr Joel Salinas, music creates colours, numbers have personalities and another person's pain feels almost like his own.

The family of a Neath child who had the treatment abroad says it gave them their little girl back.

Lord Lansley, who was in the cabinet in 2010, is calling for the roll-out of a national screening scheme.

One patient says he's been embarrassed by a disease he thought belonged in the Middle Ages.

The aim is to stop patients from being referred for several tests for different forms of the illness.

Rising rates of childhood obesity are a global problem - but in Amsterdam they are falling.

It is normal for parents to argue, but the way rows affect children varies greatly.

Sue Strachan, who has early onset dementia, wants to show it's possible to live well with the disease.

Model and writer Lily Bailey wants to change how people talk about obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Did lack of oxygen really cause the deaths of 30 children in one night at an Indian hospital?

Eight-year-old Alexa is going blind and has created a list of things she wants to see before that happens.

Up to seven out of 10 people currently seen by paramedics may need help but not a hospital visit.

The hospital described mothers who use formula milk as "artificially" feeding babies.

Crackdown on 35 "minor" treatments in cost cutting drive by NHS bosses - but patient group concerned about poorest.

Managers warn 2018-19 will be hard with one in 12 posts vacant and hospitals short of up to 15,000 beds.

Endometriosis affects about 1 in 10 women. These incredible ladies are speaking out after spending years in agonising pain, fighting to get a diagnosis.

A musician who suffered a life-changing hearing injury won a High Court judgement against the Royal Opera House.

This 46-year-old French flyweight boxer has successfully recovered from a heart transplant.

It is the first ever case that is resistant to the main antibiotic treatment.

Friends and family members left behind after a suicide tell the stories of the men they have lost.

Four Welsh health boards now have a combined rolling deficit of £360m over three years.

A study claims bacteria is present in rubber ducks. But what other unexpected risks are in your bathroom?

Former BBC Radio 5 live presenter Richard Bacon has been diagnosed with ADHD at 42.

Discrimination against LGBT people is "alive and kicking" in the care sector, charities tell the Victoria Derbyshire programme.

A student says she took part in a meningitis vaccine trial as she wanted to help people in the future.

Researchers hope the study of 24,000 will cut infections in the young and the wider community.

The PM says she wants to move away from annual cash "top-ups" to allow health service to plan for future.

The "potentially toxic" fumes were released by coral being cleared from a domestic aquarium.

Images posted to social media by the magician have prompted others to share their stories of Crohn's disease.

More than two million tablets, including Valium, were found by Police Scotland last year.

More than 150 patients have contributed to the inquiry into Ian Paterson's botched operations.

Across Great Britain, adults are drinking less often. So how are tastes changing and why are they cutting back?

A charity says that more than 80% are failing to test for the genetic condition Lynch syndrome.

Men can now buy impotence pills without a prescription at some UK pharmacies. What are the risks?

Michael Fuller is autistic and could play Mozart by ear aged 11. Now he's a classical composer.

Southern Health admitted failings over the deaths of Teresa Colvin and Connor Sparrowhawk.

Keilan's operation was scheduled when NHS winter pressures were at their highest, and beds were scarce.

Midwife representatives welcome the move but say more training places "is only half of the problem".

Midwives want a scheme in one city aimed at making mothers feel comfortable expanded nationwide.

Since Richard’s leg was amputated, his two-storey house has become very difficult to get around.

A leading GP estimated that up to 80% of his patients had conditions linked to lifestyle and diet.

Charlotte Nott, aged 10, lost all four limbs to meningitis when she was just two years old.

But England still has one of the highest rates of the disease in Western Europe.

Nadine Turnbull struggles with a rare condition where her head is not properly secured to her body.

Gwyneth Paltrow is among the people who have backed the bee-venom therapy.

Excess weight now causes 6.3% of all cancer cases - up from 5.5% in 2011, a study suggests.