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Ninety given French problem trial drug
Ninety people took the drug in a clinical trial in France that has left one person brain-dead and another five in hospital, it is revealed.
VIDEO: Organ donations vetoed by families
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) says it will no longer seek the consent of families formally after the death of a registered donor to reduce the number of vetoed transplants.
Music videos 'expose teens to alcohol'
Online music videos are heavily exposing teenagers to positive depictions of smoking and drinking alcohol, new research suggests.
One in four adults 'has mental illness'
One in four adults has been diagnosed with a mental illness at some stage during their lifetime, the annual health survey for England suggests
Food labels 'need activity warnings'
Public health experts are calling for labels to be added to food and drink to show how much activity would be needed to burn off the calories consumed.
VIDEO: AI cancer cell detection 'brilliant'
Swansea University researchers who have trained computers to detect cancer cells using artificial intelligence algorithms say the new method drastically speeds up the process.
New Ebola case emerges in Sierra Leone
A new death from Ebola is confirmed in Sierra Leone, hours after the World Health Organization declared the latest West Africa outbreak over.
Check brain before anaesthetic - study
Taking readings of brain activity before patients go for surgery could help doctors give a more accurate dose of anaesthetic, researchers suggest.
Safer Down's test backed for NHS use
Pregnant women in the UK should soon get a safer and more accurate test for Down's syndrome, on the NHS, to reduce the risk of miscarriage.
Hundreds of families veto organ donation
Bereaved families have blocked the donation of organs from 547 UK registered donors since 2010 - about one in seven cases, figures show.
Twelve-hour wait for out-of-hours GP
Callers to an out-of-hours GP service faced waits of more than 12 hours, posing a "significant risk to patient safety", a leaked report reveals.
Pancreatic cancer tissue bank launches
Medical researchers hope a new tissue bank will give them a clearer insight into pancreatic cancer.
Overseas nurses denied NHS jobs
Thousands of nurses were denied permission to work in England last year, despite hospital staff shortages, new figures show.
West Africa Ebola epidemic 'over'
Liberia's Ebola epidemic is over, says the World Health Organization, effectively putting an end to the world's worst outbreak of the deadly disease.
NHS still missing many key targets
Hospitals in England continue to miss many of their waiting time targets, official figures for November show.
Talks resuming in junior doctors row
Talks aimed at avoiding further NHS strikes in England are due to resume later, amid warnings the government could impose its controversial new contract on junior doctors.
Call to give healthy gay men HIV drugs
Giving HIV drugs to healthy gay men to prevent them being infected has huge potential to help reverse the epidemic, say scientists.
UK 'long way' from transgender equality
Transgender people in the UK face "high levels of transphobia" on a daily basis and they have "a long way to go" to achieve equality in the UK, MPs say.
Caesarean death 'wholly avoidable'
The death of a woman just hours after she had given birth by Caesarean section was wholly avoidable, a court hears.
Gaza medics back striking English junior doctors
Gaza medics back striking English junior doctors
Race on to avert next doctors' strike
Attempts begin to avert a second doctors' strike in England, as hospitals battle to rearrange the thousands of operations postponed amid the dispute.
VIDEO: Changing attitudes to injured servicemen
A record number of military veterans are expected to take part in the Paralympics in Rio later this year.
VIDEO: Sperm donor 'finds clients on Facebook'
A sperm donor who claims he has fathered 800 children explains how he finds most of his clients on Facebook.
Fat may fuel prostate cancer growth
Being overweight or obese may increase a man's risk of aggressive prostate cancer, researchers believe after doing animal and human cell studies.
The UK's 'most prolific sperm donor'
The UK's 'most prolific sperm donor'
Do we need more than two genders?
Do we need more than two genders?
Potatoes 'pose pregnancy diabetes risk'
Eating potatoes or chips on most days of the week may increase a woman's risk of diabetes during pregnancy, say US researchers.
Can changing your mealtimes make you healthier?
Could eating only in eight-hour period tackle obesity?
VIDEO: 'Disability doesn't mean anything'
A model with cerebral palsy and dystonia is having deep-brain surgery which she hopes will help with mobility and is on a mission to fight misconceptions about disability.
VIDEO: The world's first Alzheimer’s patient
In 1995, Dr Konrad Maurer found the missing case study of the first ever Alzheimer's patient.
Girl's grape choke death 'accidental'
The death of a six year-old girl who choked on a grape while on holiday in Gwynedd was accidental, a coroner rules.
Doctors' strike is unnecessary - Hunt
Junior doctors are urged to return to the negotiating table by the health secretary, as their union says the strike is sending a "clear message" to government.
Hospital U-turn over back-to-work plea
A hospital that ordered its junior doctors to return to work as thousands more went on strike across England says it has withdrawn the request.
Patient deaths trust to be monitored
An external expert is to assist Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust to improve how it investigates deaths of patients with learning disabilities.
NI doctors want new contract ruled out
Northern Ireland's junior doctors call on Stormont's health minister to say a new contract that led to a strike in England will not be imposed locally.
Patients hit by junior doctors' strike
Thousands of patients have treatments postponed as junior doctors in England go on strike for 24 hours in a dispute over a new contract.
I'm slim so why am I at risk of diabetes?
How I discovered that I'm at risk of diabetes
VIDEO: Why are junior doctors going on strike?
Nick Triggle looks at the possible impact of Tuesday's junior doctor strikes.
Many support striking doctors - poll
A majority of the public in England support junior doctors' strike action so long as they provide emergency care, an Ipsos MORI poll commissioned by BBC Newsnight suggests.
PM pledges 'all-out assault on poverty'
David Cameron has promised an "all-out assault on poverty" with a series of reforms that include better mental health services and mentoring schemes.
Bird flu strain found at farm in Fife
A "very mild" strain of bird flu has been identified on a Fife farm, the Scottish government confirms.
'Resignation demands' over trust deaths
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust's board reiterates there would be no resignations over the failure to investigate hundreds of deaths, despite calls from families of those who died.
Blood donors rush to help backpacker
An injured backpacker who inspired hundreds of people to donate blood at a Thailand hospital is out of "immediate danger", a friend says.
Nurses to vote on action over pay award
The Royal College of Nursing is to ballot members over industrial action in response to a pay award which unions have described as an insult.
PM asks doctors to call off strike
David Cameron has urged junior doctors to call off their planned strike action.
Lessons learned from 1975 strike
What do doctors involved in the 1975 strike think of their young colleagues today?
VIDEO: Inside China's plastic surgery boom
As more and more people in China go under the knife in the name of beauty, the BBC visits one of a growing number of private cosmetic surgery clinics in Beijing.
Call to suspend junior doctors' strike
Junior doctors should suspend Tuesday's strike over pay and conditions while talks continue, the chief medical officer for England urges.
Student nurses protest over grants cut
Student nurses and midwives take part in marches in London, Manchester and Newcastle in protest at the government's decision to scrap their bursaries in England and replace them with loans.
Charities urge PM to boost healthcare
Charities say David Cameron must be "bold" and create an independent commission to examine growing pressures on health and social care.
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