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Jump in junior doctors training as GPs in Wales
A campaign to attract more doctors to work as GPs in Wales is starting to work, new figures suggest.
Firefighters have higher heart attack risk 'because of heat'
Research links the heat faced by firefighters with a greater risk of suffering a heart attack.
Anti-abortion charity defends receipt of tampon tax grant
Life's Director of Education Anne Scanlon defends the receipt of a £250,000 government grant as Labour MP Paula Sheriff questions it.
Victoria Derbyshire cancer diary: 'Taking my wig off'
BBC presenter Victoria Derbyshire removes the wig she has worn for 16 months following chemotherapy.
More than 20 million Britons 'physically inactive'
They are risking their health by failing to do enough exercise, says the British Heart Foundation.
Software turns 2D X-rays into 3D images to aid surgeons
How software is turning 2D X-rays into 3D models to help orthopaedic surgeons plan surgeries.
Actor with OCD 'fears injury when sitting down'
Former Coronation Street actor Ian Puleston-Davies discusses the symptoms of his Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Millions of Brits are physically inactive
As a new survey reveals that millions of Britons are physically inactive, BBC News talks to Harriet Mulvaney who had a heart attack when she was 44.
The financial reality of leaving care
Eleven councils in England are now offering council tax relief to adults under the age of 25 if they lived in care as children. The Victoria Derbyshire programme's Ashley John-Baptiste lived in care from two until he was 18.
Row as tampon tax cash goes to anti-abortion charity Life
MPs criticise £250,000 grant raised from VAT charged on sanitary products.
Baby photographer Anne Geddes on her career
New book, Small World, celebrates 30 years of snapping little people.
Virtual reality takes cancer patient back home
A hospice in south London is using virtual reality to help patients tick off their bucket lists.
NHS operations: Waiting times to rise in 'trade-off', boss says
Cancer care and A&E to be prioritised as health service leader in England says something has to give.
NHS boss: 'Constrained circumstances'
The chief of NHS England says the service will do more but under constrained circumstances
GP-led keep fit classes for those with chronic illness
A new scheme is offering boxing and 'chair-obics' to those who want to fight off chronic illnesses.
Surgeon: 'How many more children like Kayden must die?'
Surgeons say they tried to warn of dangerous delays to emergency surgery at a children's hospital.
Medic suspended for 'dishonesty' over Ebola temperature
Dr Hannah Ryan has been suspended for a month after misleading health experts over an Ebola nurse's temperature.
Remembering Kayden
The death of a much-loved 20-month-old boy has left his family in trauma.
Lung probe 'to help cut the unnecessary use of antibiotics'
Researchers hope the technology could stop the emergence of bacteria that are resistant to the drugs.
Right-to-die case: Shrewsbury's Noel Conway loses court bid
The 67-year-old, who has terminal motor neurone disease, says he will appeal against the ruling.
999 call-out trauma
Paramedic Dan Farnworth felt unable to talk about his mental health problems, caused by a 999 call.
Peterborough family's year of autism and Down's syndrome selfies
The nightly photographs have become a "routine" that the little girl's parents look forward to.
Cut sugar in cakes, chocolate by 20%, industry told
The guidelines for everyday foods are aimed at helping to reduce childhood obesity.
Dogs on Viagra?
Why do pets get prescribed Viagra, and how can you tell if your dog has diabetes?
France anaesthetist investigated for poisoning patients
The doctor denies poisoning seven patients - two of whom died - between 2008 and 2017.
Pets sleeping on your bed growing trend
According to a new survey, nearly half of British dog and cat owners let their animals sleep on their bed.
Paralysed man feeds himself with help of implants
Paralysed man says he is "wowed" after implants allow him to regain control of his right arm.
Measles outbreak across Europe
The World Health Organization says cases are climbing where immunisation coverage has dropped.
Mother gave cannabis to son who fought rare form of cancer
Callie Blackwell said she was terrified of her teenage son "dying in pain".
NHS targets suncream prescriptions for cuts
Doctors could also be told to stop prescribing gluten-free food, cold remedies and some painkillers.
How Tetris therapy could help patients
Doctors have been using the 1980s video game in a UK emergency department.
Meningitis outbreak kills at least 140 in Nigeria
The disease has infected more than 1,000 people in one of the worst outbreaks for years.
Bowel cancer: 'I've cried, shouted and planned my funeral'
Deborah was feeling "under the weather" for about a year, before being diagnosed with bowel cancer.
Cancer diagnosis: 'Looking for needle in a haystack'
UCLH's chief medical officer explains new cancer diagnosis tools
Stray to saviour
How a rescue dog is helping people to get out of hospital more quickly.
Bowel cancer tool to boost diagnosis in under-50s
The tool will calculate the risk of the disease based on blood tests, symptoms and a GP's advice.
Scars on stage
US beauty queen Victoria Graham has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) but isn't afraid to show her scars.
Mesh implant campaigners 'betrayed' by report publication
Two campaigners against mesh implants say they are "dismayed and disgusted" at the publication of a "watered down" report into their use.
'How drawing helped me to talk about my feelings'
Poet and author Michael Rosen talks about how drawing helped him to open up about his feelings after his son died.
Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital 'fake doctor' escapes jail sentence
Julie Higgins falsely claimed she had located transplant organs for terminally ill patient Angela Murray.
Ministers refuse to bail out Welsh NHS health boards
Four health boards which are due to see their overall budget deficits triple in size will not be bailed out, the Welsh Government says.
'I worried I might not be able to have kids'
Denise Campbell Brown married her husband in September last year. On honeymoon she discovered she had fibroids, a condition that affects around one in three women.
Non-terminal patient fights right to die law
Omid - who suffers an incurable, but not terminal, condition - aims to take his case to the High Court.
Endometriosis treatment 'unacceptable' and women aren't diagnosed quickly enough
Women with endometriosis aren't getting diagnosed quickly enough and treatment is "unacceptable", say MPs.
Kidney-donation pals celebrate transplant op success
The best friends are now planning a skydive and a "few beers" after a successful kidney transplant.
NHS bosses 'spent half of extra Autumn Statement cash on outside services'
About half of a £2bn boost from the 2014 Autumn Statement was spent outside the NHS, research finds.
Childhood obesity: Cut unhealthy food multi-buy offers - MPs
The rules on junk food advertising should also be tougher, MPs on the Health Select Committee say.
Jeremy Hunt 'sorry' NHS 111 call did not spot boy's sepsis
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt addressed a memorial service for William Mead who died aged one.
Holly Greenhow: Girl with cerebral palsy makes 'big improvement'
A girl with cerebral palsy who once modelled for a clothes retailer has seen her condition improve.
Night-time loo trips 'linked to salt in diet'
Trips to empty the bladder were reduced and quality of life improved, a study found.
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