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GPs should instead be recommending pain relief drugs like paracetamol, new guidelines say.
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Too little sunlight can negatively affect our mood, so can clever lighting give us a boost?
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The law means disruptive and nuisance people can be removed from hospitals and GP surgeries.
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The 78-year-old is slapped and told she stinks by the carer, who was given a police caution.
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Health officials hopeful after numbers being admitted to hospital fall for the first time this year.
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Anthony Barnard is believed to have frozen to death outside the home from which he had been evicted.
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Jack Adcock, six, died hours after being admitted to hospital with sickness and vomiting.
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When Claudio Capozzi needed a kidney, his sister Maria offered to donate one of hers.
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Charlotte Church finds groundbreaking brain imaging and psychoactive drugs could treat mental illness.
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Like Minds: One in 10 of us will at some point hear a voice that isn’t there.
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The world's second biggest producer of dairy products is in deep trouble - this is why.
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When Javier Artigas saved the life of a famous writer it led to a meeting with a billionaire - which enabled him to help kidney dialysis patients travel the world.
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Smoking even one cigarette a day increases the risk of heart disease and stroke, a study finds.
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Rebecca Griffiths suffering from a debilitating syndrome may finally be about to get the cure she needs.
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Doctors were unable to access patient records due to technical problems, causing "chaos".
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The prime minister says she will look at the rules and urges women not to avoid the tests.
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One mother said it took five years and £6,000 to get her son assessed and his condition recognised.
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The former Labour minister on living with brain cancer and campaigning on treatment for others.
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Sexual assault victims say they may be risking their health but even booking a smear test is too traumatic.
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Five people share their concerns as a survey suggests youth confidence and happiness is declining.
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Dr Michael Mosley explores the link between stress and over-eating - and the best stress-busting techniques.
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A review into the "growing problem" of prescription drug addiction in England is launched.
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Theresa May tells the foreign secretary conversations about health funding should be in private.
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Faster access to new drugs is "making a real difference to people's lives".
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The mother of an 11-month-old on life support tells a court doctors should not decide when he dies.
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Those who like a fizzy drink will soon be paying more to enjoy them, when the sugar tax comes into force in April this year.
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Waiting times at Scotland's A&E show some improvement as fewer people attend emergency departments.
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A lack of progress in the overuse of anti-psychotics and prevention of falls are among the areas criticised.
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The capsule can measure gas levels and transmit this information to a mobile phone app.
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England has not made the same strides as Wales and Scotland to improve care, a report says.
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How a hospital with some of the best NHS waiting times ended up with patients waiting in corridors.
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The footballer says he thinks he'll always be in recovery from the addiction.
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Huntington's disease runs through Jackie Harrison's family, but should she take a test which will tell her if she will get it too?
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For many people in remote regions access to healthcare is limited, so tech is coming to their aid.
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Majority of patients do not get the basic care which could prevent two out of three asthma deaths
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It is thought 20,000 children have been left with disabilities caused by sodium valproate.
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Doctors tell the High Court intensive care treatment for Isaiah Haastrup is not in his interests.
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Doctor Philippa Kaye talks us through what's involved during a cervical screening test.
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Changes to the collection of A&E statistics raise concerns the NHS is under more pressure than thought.
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Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women under 35 but a majority are not aware of the risk.
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Selwa Hussain is the first woman in the UK to leave hospital with an artificial heart.
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Bradley Smith, 20, from St Ives, people should talk more about mental health.
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Properties in Persian shallots could boost the effects of antibiotic treatment, a study says.
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The Church of England fears new pre-natal tests could lead to a rise in abortions of babies with Down's.
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Libby Keating's face was repaired by experts at St George's Hospital in Tooting.
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Oxford professor Liz Frood was fit and healthy until she was struck by what she thought was a stomach bug.
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Delayed marriage and parenthood has pushed back perceptions of when adulthood starts.
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Money meant to transform services has been used to shore up finances, the National Audit Office says.
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Scientists move nearer to one of the biggest goals in medicine - a universal blood test for cancer.
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