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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.

NHS patients in England are being sent home from hospital afraid and with little support, an ombudsman report reveals.

Alder Hey children's hospital is teaming up with IBM Watson to develop an app to answer questions about hospital stays.

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.

When James Longman was nine, his father who had schizophrenia, killed himself. He asks if there is a genetic link in mental health.

Bad planning and cost-cutting have left the NHS in England short of vital front-line staff, MPs are warning.

Being overweight may not be as unhealthy as it was 40 years ago, Danish research suggests.

A report into East Midlands Ambulance Service finds it has "insufficient staff" to meet the needs of patients in a "timely manner".

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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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.

Fresh talks aimed at ending the dispute over a new contract for junior doctors in England are under way.

Hundreds of passengers on a British cruise ship docked in the US have fallen ill with norovirus, health officials say.

The woman determined to get people discussing womb cancer

Health officials in Liverpool are tackling "an alarming level" of child tooth decay in the city by outlining the amounts of sugar in soft drinks.

Some of the most vulnerable groups in society are being denied access to good end-of-life care, a report by England's health watchdog, the Care Quality Commission, has found.

An NHS trust is fined £180,000 after sexual health centre 56 Dean Street mistakenly leaked the details of 780 patients who had attended HIV clinics.

Most people cannot financially afford to get cancer, according to a charity, which says being diagnosed with the disease increases people's living costs.

Veterans will now be treated at Headley Court military rehabilitation unit as well as serving personnel, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon says.

The British Medical Association says it will re-enter talks with the government over outstanding contract issues for junior doctors in England.

Junior doctor representatives at the British Medical Association will meet later to decide whether to hold talks with the government over disputed new employment contracts.

Unpaid carers in England are struggling to get the support they need despite new laws introduced to help them, a report by Carers UK says.

The world's sleeping patterns have been revealed by scientists analysing data collected from an app.

Two Major League Baseball games scheduled to take place in Puerto Rico are moved due to players' concerns about the Zika virus.

The ancient remedies that fight bacteria

The former mental health champion for schools in England says the government's decision to axe her role silences young people and teachers.

Everyone has their own personal range of bacteria living on their skin that stays largely unchanged over time, a US study suggests.

Moves by the government and junior doctors to restart talks has prompted hope the dispute over new working arrangements can be solved.

The US government unveils new federal rules that include a ban on the sale of e-cigarettes to people aged under 18.

HIV-infected organs have been successfully transplanted into four HIV-positive NHS patients in the UK, for the first time.

The health benefits of cycling and walking outweigh the negative effects of air pollution, a UK study suggests.

Scientists create a portable blood glucose measure for diabetics which uses microwaves instead of pricking the skin.

The NHS choir that beat Justin Bieber to the UK's Christmas number one spot in 2015 signs a film deal to tell its story of success.

A hospital trust admits liability after failings at one of its midwife-led units resulted in a baby being stillborn.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust is rated "outstanding" despite concerns over its new pioneering emergency-only hospital.

An unmanned robot has successfully stitched together a pig's bowel, moving science a step closer to automated surgery, say experts.

Dementia researchers develop a video game they hope could further the development of diagnostic tests for the disease.

More than a quarter of care homes in the UK are in danger of going out of business within three years, figures obtained by BBC Radio 4 suggest.

A mental health trust admitted failing a man accused of murdering a motorist by stabbing him 39 times on a road in West Sussex, a court is told.

Google has signed an agreement with the Royal Free London NHS Trust to gain access to data of hundreds of thousands of patients.

A US jury court orders Johnson & Johnson to pay $55m (£40m) to a woman who woman who says its talcum powder caused her ovarian cancer.

The gap between the lifespans of rich and poor people in England and Wales is rising for the first time since the 1870s, research suggests.

Scientists say they now have a near-perfect picture of the genetic events that cause breast cancer, which they hope will unlock new ways of treating the disease.

A teenager has died after she was believed to have taken ecstasy on a night out, police say.

Medical staff have placed "do not resuscitate" orders on thousands of patients in England without telling their families, an audit suggests.

Increasing symptoms of depression in older age could indicate early signs of dementia, say scientists.