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				Daisy Mason has cerebral palsy and doctors said she would never walk or swim. 
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				BBC 5 live meets the women suffering from tokophobia and one woman who's helping them. 
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				Niamh thinks the pharmacist consultation women must have to get the morning-after pill puts women off asking for emergency contraception. 
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				Existing tests are too slow in an emergency, say scientists, who are asking doctors to try out their alternative. 
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				Companies that built and run NHS hospitals have made £831m in the past six years, a report says. 
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				Calls to the Metropolitan Police about mental health total 115,000, or about 315 a day. 
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		An optometrist put "highly vulnerable patients at risk of harm", a disciplinary panel decides.
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				More than a quarter of four to five year olds are overweight with some facing health problems. 
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				Researchers hope the technology could lead to a way of diagnosing dementia at its earliest stage. 
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				Former Scotland rugby international Doddie Weir says his focus is on helping find a cure for the disease. 
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				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. 
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		One woman says the pain "felt like I was dying" after her Essure sterilisation implant was fitted.
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				Canakinumab could herald a "new frontier" in treatment, but questions remain about its side-effects. 
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				After decades of eating and drinking too much, Graham Ward was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. 
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				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. 
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				Patrick Samuel has Asperger's syndrome. He uses art to deal with depression and self-injurious behaviour. 
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				Operations are cancelled as services run by NHS Lanarkshire are affected by malware in computer systems. 
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				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. 
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				Hospitals in London and Southampton think they have found a way of resolving disputes over children's care. 
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				The cast of Kubla Khan has created an immersive experience of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's classic poem. 
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				A family holiday to Paris ends in a nun believing she has performed a miracle on a surly teenager. 
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				Middle-aged people are being urged to walk faster to help stay healthy, amid concern high levels of inactivity may be harming their health. 
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				Health trusts unveil £70m worth of savings and ask the public for their views. 
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				The NHS trust boards of Ipswich and Colchester Hospitals vote to develop plans for a single organisation. 
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				The number of deaths recorded over eight months of this year is four times the equivalent for 2016. 
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				Experts say middle-aged people need to be doing more exercise. 
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				The naturally occurring element may reduce the risk of the disease. 
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				Health officials warn falling activity rates as people age are putting their health at risk. 
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				As hospital admissions for allergies rise, what should people reasonably do to protect sufferers? 
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				Swabs of vaginal bacteria, which some say helps the immune system, may be doing more harm than good. 
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				The medicines regulator seizes 114 potentially unreliable home-testing kits. 
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				Guidance calls for councils in England to make it easier for elderly and disabled people to cross the road. 
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				Potential foreign nursing recruits to the NHS say the current language test is too difficult. 
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				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. 
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				The payout - to a woman who developed ovarian cancer - is the largest award so far against the firm. 
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				Ashbrooke Care Home is closed after an urgent inspection found failings that posed "serious risk to life". 
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				Health officials did not follow procedures over sex assault complaints against a worker who later killed his neighbour. 
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				The new test - which has a reduced risk of miscarriage - will be offered from next year. 
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				Vicky Veness shared a photo of herself looking healthy that was taken just hours before she was diagnosed. 
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				Tweeting abuse can be as "equally devastating" as shouting it, prosecutors are told. 
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				A bacterial infection spread through the former England rugby player's body after he was bitten. 
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				A group of artisans are working with amputees in an effort to make artificial limbs more personal. 
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				Briar Hickenbottom-Marriott says she doesn't feel lonely any more after her dad's show of support. 
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				A health clinic in Thailand is handing out masks to encourage more women to attend their cervical smear tests. 
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				NHS Trusts demand the same 80% rebate granted to those private hospitals that register as charities. 
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				The scientist backed the NHS in a speech that was critical of government policy and Jeremy Hunt. 
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				Cambridge professor criticises health secretary and warns about role of private sector in the NHS. 
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				These mums had traumatic births, and they want more to see more honesty about the toll it can take. 
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				Michelle, who has multiple sclerosis, is going on a trek in the Lake District for the first time in more than 10 years. 
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				The letters offer mums a chance to take a second for themselves. 
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