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Updated 2025-09-15 19:45
US healthcare bill: Trump issues Friday vote ultimatum
The president demands a make-or-break vote on Friday on a new healthcare bill to replace Obamacare.
Downton Abbey's Jessica Brown Findlay opens up about eating disorder
Actress "felt alone" but decided to talk about her struggles with body image in public.
British scientists in world-first TB breakthrough
British scientists say they now isolate different strains and so diagnose sufferers within days.
Let them eat cake!
How one man revamped the menus and made food appetising again at Kingston Hospital.
Discovery enables 'mass produced blood'
Lab-made blood could solve the shortage of some blood types.
Major pancreatic cancer study launched
A new pancreatic cancer project is to find ways to speed up scientific discovery to improve the survival rates of patients.
The woman with 'butterfly skin' says she feels 'blessed'
Assya was given 24 hours to live when she was born, but she is now approaching her 30th birthday.
Book suggests taboos held back knowledge of female body
The 16th Century book on anatomy has had a triangular piece of diagram removed by its original owner.
Drug 'reverses' ageing in animal tests
Mice had more stamina, hair and improved organ function with the drug.
Africa health: Rotavirus vaccine could save 500,000 children a year
The Indian vaccine, which protects against gastroenteritis caused by rotavirus, was tested in Niger.
The heroes who helped
There has been praise for the bravery of the emergency services and the public in the wake of the attack.
Bed delay transfer figures reveal areas worst affected
Social care pressures blamed for delays in releasing people from hospital.
'Role model' nurses inspire cancer survivor
A woman who survived cancer as a girl has been inspired to take up nursing.
Luke Jenkins death: Family receive £100,000 settlement
Luke Jenkins suffered a cardiac arrest and died after being moved from intensive care to a ward.
Teenage pregnancies down to record low
Conceptions among under 18s are at their lowest level since 1969, official stats show.
Baby separated from parasitic twin in risky operation
Surgeons explain the challenges of the complex operation to separate Dominique from her parasitic twin.
How a life model uses nudity to explain his disability
Kevin French poses as a nude life model to explain more about his disability.
Risky operation removes parasitic twin from baby
Baby Dominique is recovering in the US after an operation to separate her from her parasitic twin.
This teenager with Down's syndrome addressed the UN in Geneva
A teenager with Down's syndrome has addressed the United Nations in Geneva asking them "why all this testing?"
Right-to-die case: I face unbearable death
A 67-year-old man with terminal motor neurone disease is challenging the law on assisted dying.
Canterbury hospital junior doctors moved over lack of training
Patients are to be taken to alternative hospitals because of a lack of junior doctor training.
Spider venom may offer stroke therapy
Protein extracted from funnel webs may help minimise the effects of brain damage after a stroke.
Online care home bed booking system aims to cut hospital bed blocking
The system is aiming to reduce hospital bed blocking with real time bookings of care home beds.
Down's syndrome mum: 'Don't feel sorry for us'
A mother who has two children with Down's syndrome says she wants the world to know she's proud of them.
Baby teeth removals 'up 24% in a decade'
More than 9,000 children under four needed to go to hospital last year to have baby teeth removed.
Health secretary backs 'easier' medicines access system
The way decisions are made on prescribing medicines not deemed cost-effective will be simpler in future, according to the health secretary.
'Wide awake drunk' on energy drinks and alcohol mix
Mixing caffeine-laden energy drinks with alcohol is a risky combination on a night out, scientists warn.
Doctor admits misleading over Ebola
Dr Hannah Ryan took the temperature of Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey hours before she fell seriously ill.
Hot chocolate serving 'has more salt than packet of crisps'
Every category of packaged food except one is exceeding target salt levels, a survey finds.
'Lack of money' prompts care firms to end council contracts
Care companies say the amount local authorities pay is not enough to cover wages and other costs.
Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on Earth
It beats Denmark to the top spot as the UN ranks countries to mark international happiness day.
Hospital food: 'Intolerable' delays improving patient meals
Delays in implementing measures to improve patient nutrition are dubbed "intolerable" by an assembly committee.
Mother and son in double organ donation plan
A mother shares the story of becoming a double living organ donor for her son.
Fast track
A couple who struggled for years to get the braces their disabled child needed to sit in a chair have found a way to make them in hours rather than months.
Dementia diary: 'When your mother doesn't know who you are'
Joey Daley documents life with his mother after she was diagnosed with dementia.
Whistleblowers 'to be protected' if they apply for NHS job
The health secretary says he wants to stop discrimination against those raising safety concerns.
Modern mothers 'watched and judged', study finds
Intrusive "policing" of lifestyle choices begins in pregnancy, say researchers.
'Out of control'
Australian Jessica May overcame acute anxiety by setting up a recruitment firm for people with mental and physical disabilities.
Women 'should be told' sex of foetus in pregnancy scan
Women should be told sex of their baby as it is their body, their foetus, says leading obstetrician.
Restoring my femininity after cancer
Kat Parker, from Plymouth, said the damage to her hair from the cancer treatment left her feeling "unfeminine".
Skin creams containing paraffin linked to fire deaths
Residue from creams containing paraffin can leave clothes and bedding flammable, experts warn.
NHS facing 'mission impossible next year'
Hospital bosses in England warn budget pressures will see longer waits for operations and A&E care.
'Healthiest hearts in the world' found
A group of people in Bolivia could teach us all how to look after our hearts better, say researchers.
Lily Beddall: Girl with Down's syndrome models for Matalan
A two-year-old toddler with Down's syndrome has been chosen as one of the new faces of Matalan.
Izzy Gentry meningitis death: 'Failings' by Bristol Royal Infirmary
A coroner has called on the government to fund meningitis vaccinations for teenagers.
'Huge advance' in fighting world's biggest killer
An injection cuts cholesterol to the lowest levels ever seen in medicine, in an international trial.
Google DeepMind's NHS deal under scrutiny
A paper examining DeepMind's use of 1.6 million patient records says there were "major inadequacies".
Medway NHS Foundation Trust out of special measures after four years
Medway Maritime Hospital was branded "inadequate" for nearly four years, longer than any other in England.
Suicide rescue
How are local communities helping to prevent suicides?
All Southern Health non-executive directors resign
Southern Health's chairman says it needs new leadership "to meet the needs of patients".
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