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				A campaign to attract more doctors to work as GPs in Wales is starting to work, new figures suggest. 
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				Research links the heat faced by firefighters with a greater risk of suffering a heart attack. 
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				Life's Director of Education Anne Scanlon defends the receipt of a £250,000 government grant as Labour MP Paula Sheriff questions it. 
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				BBC presenter Victoria Derbyshire removes the wig she has worn for 16 months following chemotherapy. 
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				They are risking their health by failing to do enough exercise, says the British Heart Foundation. 
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				How software is turning 2D X-rays into 3D models to help orthopaedic surgeons plan surgeries. 
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				Former Coronation Street actor Ian Puleston-Davies discusses the symptoms of his Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. 
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				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. 
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				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. 
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				MPs criticise £250,000 grant raised from VAT charged on sanitary products. 
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				New book, Small World, celebrates 30 years of snapping little people. 
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				A hospice in south London is using virtual reality to help patients tick off their bucket lists. 
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				Cancer care and A&E to be prioritised as health service leader in England says something has to give. 
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				The chief of NHS England says the service will do more but under constrained circumstances 
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				A new scheme is offering boxing and 'chair-obics' to those who want to fight off chronic illnesses. 
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				Surgeons say they tried to warn of dangerous delays to emergency surgery at a children's hospital. 
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				Dr Hannah Ryan has been suspended for a month after misleading health experts over an Ebola nurse's temperature. 
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				The death of a much-loved 20-month-old boy has left his family in trauma. 
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				Researchers hope the technology could stop the emergence of bacteria that are resistant to the drugs. 
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				The 67-year-old, who has terminal motor neurone disease, says he will appeal against the ruling. 
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				Paramedic Dan Farnworth felt unable to talk about his mental health problems, caused by a 999 call. 
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				The nightly photographs have become a "routine" that the little girl's parents look forward to. 
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				The guidelines for everyday foods are aimed at helping to reduce childhood obesity. 
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				Why do pets get prescribed Viagra, and how can you tell if your dog has diabetes? 
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				The doctor denies poisoning seven patients - two of whom died - between 2008 and 2017. 
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				According to a new survey, nearly half of British dog and cat owners let their animals sleep on their bed. 
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				Paralysed man says he is "wowed" after implants allow him to regain control of his right arm. 
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				The World Health Organization says cases are climbing where immunisation coverage has dropped. 
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				Callie Blackwell said she was terrified of her teenage son "dying in pain". 
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				Doctors could also be told to stop prescribing gluten-free food, cold remedies and some painkillers. 
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				Doctors have been using the 1980s video game in a UK emergency department. 
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				The disease has infected more than 1,000 people in one of the worst outbreaks for years. 
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				Deborah was feeling "under the weather" for about a year, before being diagnosed with bowel cancer. 
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				UCLH's chief medical officer explains new cancer diagnosis tools 
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				How a rescue dog is helping people to get out of hospital more quickly. 
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				The tool will calculate the risk of the disease based on blood tests, symptoms and a GP's advice. 
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				US beauty queen Victoria Graham has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) but isn't afraid to show her scars. 
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				Two campaigners against mesh implants say they are "dismayed and disgusted" at the publication of a "watered down" report into their use. 
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		Poet and author Michael Rosen talks about how drawing helped him to open up about his feelings after his son died.
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				Julie Higgins falsely claimed she had located transplant organs for terminally ill patient Angela Murray. 
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				Four health boards which are due to see their overall budget deficits triple in size will not be bailed out, the Welsh Government says. 
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				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. 
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				Omid - who suffers an incurable, but not terminal, condition - aims to take his case to the High Court. 
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				Women with endometriosis aren't getting diagnosed quickly enough and treatment is "unacceptable", say MPs. 
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				The best friends are now planning a skydive and a "few beers" after a successful kidney transplant. 
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				About half of a £2bn boost from the 2014 Autumn Statement was spent outside the NHS, research finds. 
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				The rules on junk food advertising should also be tougher, MPs on the Health Select Committee say. 
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				Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt addressed a memorial service for William Mead who died aged one. 
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				A girl with cerebral palsy who once modelled for a clothes retailer has seen her condition improve. 
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				Trips to empty the bladder were reduced and quality of life improved, a study found. 
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