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As a survey by the Mental Health Foundation suggests older men are less likely to recognise the importance of relationships, Graham Satchell meets a group of 'walking footballers'.
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Abortion rates among women in London are higher than the rest of England, as figures reveal wide variations across the country.
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How children are key to a dementia-friendly future
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Four in 10 skin cancer patients given a drug to boost their immune were still alive after three years, a study suggests.
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Colon cancers are more deadly if they appear on the right side of the colon, a study suggests.
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People should consider taking aspirin immediately after mini or minor stroke to prevent or limit the harm caused by further strokes, researchers say.
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A deal has been agreed in the long-running dispute over a new junior doctors' contract in England after eight days of talks.
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Amputee James Young has worked with prosthetics designers to create a unique limb that looks like something straight out of a science fiction movie.
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The number of people in their 80s or older who are relied on as carers has rocketed in the last seven years, according to the charity Age UK.
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Ten killings involving patients of a mental health trust will be reviewed after the conviction of a man who stabbed a motorist to death.
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Department of Health figures suggest abortion rates for England and Wales have remained "fairly constant", with 184,571 abortions in 2015.
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A hallucinogenic chemical in magic mushrooms shows promise for people with untreatable depression, a tiny study suggests.
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Nurses, paramedics and pharmacists should be trained to fill in for doctors and help the NHS in England cope with demand, bosses say.
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A hospital in Boston becomes the first in the US to perform a successful penis transplant, say doctors, calling the operation "a surgical milestone".
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US scientists say they have managed to clone the Zika virus - an important step towards fast-tracking a vaccine against the disease.
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An "intelligent" prosthetic limb, improved MRI scanners and green engines are the three finalists for a major UK engineering prize.
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Fifteen cancer charities say they are "deeply concerned" about new plans for approving innovative cancer medicines for the NHS in England.
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Polio could be eradicated in Pakistan within months, the World Health Organisation says, as a mass vaccination drive is launched in the north-west.
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Detecting signs of disease without the need for expensive laboratory equipment.
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More than half of those seeking a diagnosis for dementia have delayed going to their GP by at least a year, according to a survey carried out by the Alzheimer's Society.
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An under-fire health trust, criticised for putting its patients at risk, cancels a meeting to discuss its failures.
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President Obama was joined by rapper Macklemore for his weekly address - in an effort to raise awareness about the perils of drug addiction.
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A quadruple amputee will join a group of injured servicemen to kayak through freezing waters and around icebergs off the coast of Greenland.
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There has been a dramatic rise in the number of young people being treated for addiction to legal highs.
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The 'crunch' talks to reach a deal over the junior doctors contract in England are being extended into next week.
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The 'crunch' talks to reach a deal over the junior doctors contract in England are being extended into next week.
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The number of cancelled operations not rescheduled within 28 days has hit a 10-year high, NHS England figures show.
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Brain tumours in dogs are similar to human ones and could give clues to how the disease develops, say scientists.
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A study is inviting terminally ill cancer patients across the UK to donate blood and tissue samples when they die.
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Inside England's only gender identity clinic for children
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Disrupting brain activity during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep can stop mice from forming new memories, a study suggests.
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New guidelines from the World Health Organization aim to speed up the treatment of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
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Thousands of NHS patients in England may have been incorrectly prescribed statins due to a computer glitch.
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The NHS in England has had its busiest year in its history, official figures show, as the service continues to struggle to hit its targets.
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A hospital trust lifts a ban on the use of e-cigarettes in its grounds - one of the first in England to do so.
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One in four pregnancies ends in an abortion each year, global estimates from the World Health Organization and Guttmacher Institute suggest.
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NHS patients in England are being sent home from hospital afraid and with little support, an ombudsman report reveals.
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Alder Hey children's hospital is teaming up with IBM Watson to develop an app to answer questions about hospital stays.
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NHS patients in England are being sent home from hospital afraid and with little support, a report from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman reveals.
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When James Longman was nine, his father who had schizophrenia, killed himself. He asks if there is a genetic link in mental health.
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Bad planning and cost-cutting have left the NHS in England short of vital front-line staff, MPs are warning.
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Being overweight may not be as unhealthy as it was 40 years ago, Danish research suggests.
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A report into East Midlands Ambulance Service finds it has "insufficient staff" to meet the needs of patients in a "timely manner".
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The number of five-year-olds suffering from tooth decay has dropped to its lowest level in almost a decade, latest figures from Public Health England show.
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Why are videos of cysts being burst so popular?
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Claims that hospital patients in England are more likely to die at weekends are based on flawed data, according to new research by Oxford University.
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Fresh talks aimed at ending the dispute over a new contract for junior doctors in England are under way.
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Hundreds of passengers on a British cruise ship docked in the US have fallen ill with norovirus, health officials say.
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