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An HIV charity calls for more people to get tested early for the infection to halt the trend of late diagnosis and deaths in Scotland.
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AstraZeneca and pharmaceutical bodies warn of a "terrible human cost" unless new ways of funding antibiotics are found.
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A medical dressing that changes colour when it detects infection could cut the unnecessary use of antibiotics, say scientists at Bath University.
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Manufacturers need to do more to prevent the light from smartphones and tablets disrupting people's sleep, says a leading doctor.
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Scientists find out more about why malaria parasites thrive within mosquitoes and humans - and suggest it is down to the role of cyclins.
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Ministers are considering whether homeopathy should be put on an NHS blacklist of banned treatments, the BBC learns.
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A new study finds that obesity rates among US adults are on the rise again after years of slow decline.
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Plans to get contraceptives to 120 million more women in the world's poorest countries are behind track, a report by campaigners and donors is warning.
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Victoria Derbyshire hosts a discussion with a GP and three women who have gone through the menopause as new guidance is published on its treatment.
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The NHS is missing many of its key targets with more patients getting stuck in hospital, latest figures show.
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England's health watchdog says doctors should be more prepared to discuss hormone replacement therapy (HRT) as a possible treatment for the menopause.
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How can a 'ripple effect' make 40 pupil faint?
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A United Nations report says pregnancy-related deaths have fallen by almost 50% since 1990, but only nine countries hit UN targets.
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Cuts to adult mental health services in England have started damaging the quality of care given to patients, a report suggests.
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UK hospices could see a significant increase in Muslim patients in the coming years, in part due to changes to the traditional family structure, a report suggests.
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Are there similarities between the latest impasse and the fight over the Lansley reforms?
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Doctors have expressed alarm at a seemingly sharp fall in the number of people having the seasonal flu jab.
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A Scottish nurse who was readmitted to hospital after suffering complications arising from the Ebola infection is discharged after making a full recovery.
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Every year, NHS hospitals issue tens of millions of pills to treat patients on their wards and keeping costs under control has always been difficult.
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BBC presenter Victoria Derbyshire records a video diary of her first cycle of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with breast cancer in July.
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There are more than 50,000 people in the NHS who earned more than £100,000 in 2013-14, an investigation by the Taxpayers' Alliance and Daily Mail shows.
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For the first time, doctors breach the human brain's protective layer to deliver chemotherapy to a tumour.
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The number of cosmetic laser clinics being investigated for not being registered has increased significantly, BBC Wales finds.
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An inquiry into the use of a controversial anti-malarial drug given to UK military personnel is set to begin taking evidence.
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Leg muscle strength is a good marker of brain health, say researchers who have studied pairs of twin sisters.
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A mass vaccination programme against meningitis A in Africa has been a "stunning success", say experts.
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Public health experts say the "fat letters" posted to parents to tell them if their child is overweight are crude and unhelpful and need an overhaul.
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The United Nations has warned that more than 15 million people in Ethiopia will be in need of food aid by the beginning of 2016 because of a severe drought.
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Researchers from Edinburgh University claim thousands of lives have been saved in Africa by a new initiative to combat sleeping sickness.
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The chancellor needs to "supercharge" the UK's science base with more funding, says the new chairwoman of the House of Commons science committee.
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Schools are having to call the emergency services to get treatment for mentally ill pupils because of a lack of basic provision, head teachers say.
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A new pasteurisation device is extending the life of breast milk and helping working mothers to breast feed their infants for longer
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An MP says he is "sincerely sorry" after he claimed diabetes was "completely avoidable through good diet and exercise" sparking a wave of complaints.
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Sierra Leone is officially declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organization after 42 days without a single declared case of the disease.
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The World Cup in 2010 triggered an increase in the number of boys born in host country South Africa nine months later, a study says.
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The World Health Organization delayed Sierra Leone declaring a state of emergency over the Ebola outbreak, the country's president tells the BBC.
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Gay women tend to be sexually attracted exclusively to women while straight women are more likely to be aroused by both sexes, a study suggests.
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The Australian government has announced that its new flu vaccine will be stronger and cover four flu strains, instead of three.
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Mandera county in north eastern Kenya is one of the most dangerous places in the world for a woman to give birth.
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Only a fraction of those diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder receive appropriate support, research suggests.
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Competition between different bacteria species in the gut is what keeps humans healthy, an Oxford University study suggests.
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Four out of five people are happy with their GP surgery's opening hours, and Sunday appointments are not in demand, suggests research in the British Journal of General Practice.
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Doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital have carried out a revolutionary gene therapy treatment for the first time on a baby diagnosed with leukaemia.
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