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Some women needed a hysterectomy to remove the sterilisation device Essure.
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Psychologists and celebrities vow to fight a court ruling approving the use of "conversion therapy".
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By the age of five, 95% of children are being vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella.
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The findings come from 10,000 young people's views and make worrying reading, say UK researchers.
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A group of NI men say they have been left in chronic pain after having mesh inserted for hernias.
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Ellie, who was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma when she was 15, describes the symptoms of blood cancer.
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The drug nivolumab, denied to writer AA Gill on the NHS, will be available to patients in England.
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Women who miscarry in the first round of IVF are more likely to have a baby than those who do not conceive.
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Kate Pierce was misdiagnosed with tonsillitis and suffered severe brain damage.
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Medics said they had treated patients with internal bleeding around the eye and blurred vision.
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The Bake Off winner talks candidly about how her "life revolves around not falling apart".
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Jo Walton's daughter was left severely disabled when the measles infection she had as a child returned 24 years later.
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Pet owners are being warned about a disease carried by flies that can infect dogs, cats and people.
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The 40-year-old says she hopes to persuade more women to check themselves after she found a lump.
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Eight people were injured when the double decker hit an overhead walkway at Edinburgh's Western General
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Southern Health admits breaching health and safety law over the death of patient Connor Sparrowhawk.
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Kate Pierce died in 2013 seven years after a doctor misdiagnosed her meningitis as tonsillitis.
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Thousands of people respond to a public consultation on proposals to change Manx abortion laws.
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Golden retriever Storm will be trained to raise the alarm when the six-year-old has a potentially fatal reaction.
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It doesn't mean you have a split personality or that you always become violent, a charity campaign says.
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Researchers discover that there are seven types of most common malignant child brain cancer.
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The Labour peer and former MP was diagnosed in May, her daughter-in-law announces.
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One sufferer of the pregnancy illness describes how difficult it made her daily life.
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Roger Bainton carried out dozens of unnecessary operations and "experimental procedures".
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People at the highest risk should be offered weight loss and healthy eating programmes, advice says.
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Placenta accreta affects one in every 6,000 pregnancies and can be life-threatening.
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US scientists say their technology could have a "significant impact" around the world.
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Fourteen unions write to the chancellor following the lifting of the pay cap for police and prison officers.
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Up to 25 deaths dating back to 2000 at North Essex Partnership University Trust are being investigated.
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An expert who has advised the UK government joins calls to ban the mesh for some procedures.
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The US singer says she had a kidney transplant this summer, which was linked to her lupus.
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A lack of emotional closeness affects both men and women's desire for sex, a study suggests.
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Lisa Upton had brain surgery to remove a tumour and was wide awake throughout the entire process.
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Chester residents had higher syphilis rate than rural neighbours, says study of 18th Century infections.
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Disgraced breast surgeon Ian Paterson carried out hundreds of botched operations on his patients.
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One person with Legionnaires' died and another fell ill and tests traced the source of the bacteria to the hotel.
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Nick Clegg and his wife, Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, speak about their son's treatment for blood cancer.
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Charlie Beswick, whose son Harry only has one eye, says it feels like discrimination.
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With Britons being warned over the worst outbreak of flu in Australia and New Zealand, should we all get a jab?
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County Down woman Sarah McAleer said trauma from the diagnosis turned her hair white overnight.
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Using antibiotics to protect against infection will save more babies' lives, say experts.
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Odette was sleeping rough in a park when she found out she was pregnant.
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Health bosses say bad winter in Australia and New Zealand should act as a warning for the UK.
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Mothers-to-be are still advised to avoid all alcohol "just in case", because it may not be completely safe.
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Attackers could gain control over the pumps if they exploited the flaws, warns a security researcher
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Health officials say the novel approach could save lives by spotting the early signs of disease.
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Whipps Cross Hospital shows signs of improvement two years after being placed in special measures.
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The practices say that amid a GP shortage taking on any more patients would put people at risk.
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Alison Morton was 25 when she was diagnosed with an illness that leaves her with constant pain and profound fatigue.
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A BBC investigation has seen first-hand of the devastating impact of the prescription drug pregabalin which has 'flooded' the black market.
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