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Should toddlers play with smartphones?

The nursing union is asking members before deciding whether to issue a formal ballot.

Simon Tolhurst has drawn around 250 cancer patients and their families as UCLH Artist in Residence.

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust to be scrutinised over seven deaths deemed as avoidable.

A woman praised for her brave battle against premature aging disorder progeria dies aged 18.

The plant-based diet, beloved by celebrities, has got the experts worried.

Noel Conway, who has motor neurone disease, wants to be allowed a "peaceful and dignified death".

Pauline Cafferkey says returning to Sierra Leone, where she caught Ebola, will bring "closure".

A High Court judge has ruled that doctors can withdraw life support from a sick baby.

Detailed imaging techniques are to help doctors target head and neck cancers more effectively.

Big Bird tries to interact with Julia in her TV debut.

Some eating trends could lead to an increased risk of fractures, young people are told.

Pauline Cafferkey, the nurse who survived Ebola, is to return to Sierra Leone for the first time since contracting the disease there.

A Toronto group has been raising money for charity with Harry Potter-themed yoga classes.

Charlie Gard's parents had wanted to take their eight-month-old son to the US for a trial treatment.

Having babies nappy-free from birth is apparently growing in popularity with mums on social media.

Scientists find a compound based on a molecule in dragon blood helps heal infected wounds in mice.

A 20-year-old is charged with misdemeanour hazing over the incident at Central Michigan University.

Care providers write to the Prime Minister to warn the adult social care system has begun to collapse.

The suicide risk for the profession in England is almost twice the national average.

The two new centres aim to diagnose cancer sooner for patients with only vague symptoms.

Scientists believe they can make replacement cells to repair the damage caused by this debilitating illness.

The family of three brothers who died after being treated with contaminated NHS blood products have called for a public inquiry into the scandal.

Families of people infected with HIV and hepatitis by NHS treatments still seek a public inquiry.

Service providers write to the prime minister to warn adult social care system has begun to collapse.

Tulip Mazumdar visits a community in the US which has one of the country's lowest vaccination rates.

Dr Wendy Sue Swanson, a pediatrician and a mom, answers common questions about vaccines.

A new emergency treatment for strokes is being rolled out in England which could decrease the risk of long-term disability.

There was a failure to "examine, diagnose and treat" the mother of three properly, coroner says.

Kadcyla will be available in Scotland, despite being withdrawn in England because it is too expensive.

Ransomware attacks on hospitals have become more common, according to internet security experts.

Scotland will be the first place in the UK to routinely offer the drug to eligible patients.

The girl vanished from St Mary's hospital in London shortly after arriving for treatment.

Users say it boosts creativity and can have medicinal benefits, despite a lack of scientific research.

Free school meals would teach children about healthy eating, the shadow foreign secretary says.

Children were pinned to the floor and strapped into chairs, a BBC Radio 5 live investigation finds.

The children who find haircuts painful and the barber trying to help them.

Fewer than 50% of patients with learning disabilities get an annual health check, NHS data says.

A south Wales family makes an appeal to find a liver donor for their ill son.

Paramedics warn the issue is causing delays getting to the most seriously ill and injured patients.

The RAC says too many hospitals force patients to carry around "pocketfuls of change" to pay.

Around 90% of vape shops are selling to non-smokers against the industry's code, says the RSPH.

Data suggests 57 practices in England closed in 2016, affecting some 265,000 patients.

Former special education teacher Chris Ulmer interviews children with disabilities and their siblings.

Kathryn is a 38 year old mum from Liverpool who has been treated for adult anorexia in one of the NHS's 33 specialist units

Helen has been part of a study into the use of ketamine to treat people whose depression hasn't responded to other treatment.

Half of the deaths come in just four countries - China, India, the US and Russia, the report says.

Doctors running a trial believe tens of thousands could be helped by the illegal party drug.

Inspectors reprimand online prescribing services for compromising patient safety.

A Kent hospital prepares for a staffing crisis as locums face a drop in pay after tax changes.