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BBC 5 live meets the women suffering from tokophobia and one woman who's helping them.

Niamh thinks the pharmacist consultation women must have to get the morning-after pill puts women off asking for emergency contraception.

Existing tests are too slow in an emergency, say scientists, who are asking doctors to try out their alternative.

Companies that built and run NHS hospitals have made £831m in the past six years, a report says.

Calls to the Metropolitan Police about mental health total 115,000, or about 315 a day.

More than a quarter of four to five year olds are overweight with some facing health problems.

Researchers hope the technology could lead to a way of diagnosing dementia at its earliest stage.

Former Scotland rugby international Doddie Weir says his focus is on helping find a cure for the disease.

When an old colleague returns to work. Maura's Asperger's syndrome means she doesn't hold back her thoughts about her friend's new hair style.

Canakinumab could herald a "new frontier" in treatment, but questions remain about its side-effects.

After decades of eating and drinking too much, Graham Ward was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

Parents, partners and loved ones of people with cancer have their heads shaved to show their support. It was part of Macmillan Cancer Support's Brave the Shave campaign.

Patrick Samuel has Asperger's syndrome. He uses art to deal with depression and self-injurious behaviour.

Operations are cancelled as services run by NHS Lanarkshire are affected by malware in computer systems.

Nine years of working in coal mines destroyed Will Goddard's lungs, but with the help of a specialist clinic in Rotherham he was able to get a double lung transplant.

Hospitals in London and Southampton think they have found a way of resolving disputes over children's care.

The cast of Kubla Khan has created an immersive experience of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's classic poem.

A family holiday to Paris ends in a nun believing she has performed a miracle on a surly teenager.

Middle-aged people are being urged to walk faster to help stay healthy, amid concern high levels of inactivity may be harming their health.

Health trusts unveil £70m worth of savings and ask the public for their views.

The NHS trust boards of Ipswich and Colchester Hospitals vote to develop plans for a single organisation.

The number of deaths recorded over eight months of this year is four times the equivalent for 2016.

Experts say middle-aged people need to be doing more exercise.

The naturally occurring element may reduce the risk of the disease.

Health officials warn falling activity rates as people age are putting their health at risk.

As hospital admissions for allergies rise, what should people reasonably do to protect sufferers?

Swabs of vaginal bacteria, which some say helps the immune system, may be doing more harm than good.

The medicines regulator seizes 114 potentially unreliable home-testing kits.

Guidance calls for councils in England to make it easier for elderly and disabled people to cross the road.

Potential foreign nursing recruits to the NHS say the current language test is too difficult.

Many female doctors in Pakistan drop out when they start a family. There's a new scheme to help them continue in practice by doing online video clinics on their laptops.

The payout - to a woman who developed ovarian cancer - is the largest award so far against the firm.

Ashbrooke Care Home is closed after an urgent inspection found failings that posed "serious risk to life".

Health officials did not follow procedures over sex assault complaints against a worker who later killed his neighbour.

The new test - which has a reduced risk of miscarriage - will be offered from next year.

Vicky Veness shared a photo of herself looking healthy that was taken just hours before she was diagnosed.

Tweeting abuse can be as "equally devastating" as shouting it, prosecutors are told.

A bacterial infection spread through the former England rugby player's body after he was bitten.

A group of artisans are working with amputees in an effort to make artificial limbs more personal.

Briar Hickenbottom-Marriott says she doesn't feel lonely any more after her dad's show of support.

A health clinic in Thailand is handing out masks to encourage more women to attend their cervical smear tests.

NHS Trusts demand the same 80% rebate granted to those private hospitals that register as charities.

The scientist backed the NHS in a speech that was critical of government policy and Jeremy Hunt.

Cambridge professor criticises health secretary and warns about role of private sector in the NHS.

These mums had traumatic births, and they want more to see more honesty about the toll it can take.

Michelle, who has multiple sclerosis, is going on a trek in the Lake District for the first time in more than 10 years.

The letters offer mums a chance to take a second for themselves.

Health officials target pizzas, burgers and ready meals to help tackle child obesity in government drive.