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Within just 15 months Mary Lloyd and her two sisters, Sandra and Kerry were all diagnosed with breast cancer.

The disturbing infection spreading through the Americas.

A new study has been trying to find out the long term effects of concussion on men and women who have competed in contact sports.

More than 80 pharmaceutical companies call on governments to develop new ways of paying them to develop antibiotics.

Ex-jockey Richard Dunwoody is among the first volunteers for a research project on the long-term effects of concussion in sport.

Doctors brought Justin Smith back to life after hours lying frozen in the snow

An NHS call provider rejects demands to publish a leaked report that revealed staff had altered records and "significant" safety risks.

The Vaccine Alliance, Gavi, commits $5m (£3.5m) for buying the Ebola vaccine, to protect against future outbreaks of the deadly virus.

Having an irregular heartbeat poses a greater health risk to women than men, research suggests.

Glasgow's two main hospitals widely miss the Scottish government's accident and emergency waiting time targets at the start of January.

Next week's 48-hour junior doctors' strike in England has been called off by the British Medical Association as talks with the government continue.

Hospital emergency departments in Wales are "on the edge" with staff shortages and waiting times too long, a leading doctor warns.

The government should have paid more attention to warnings about Ebola before a formal emergency was declared, a committee of MPs say.

Those who watch EastEnders will be familiar with the character Stacey and her history of mental illness.

Safety in the A&E department at Swindon's Great Western Hospital is rated "inadequate" in a report following an inspecting.

A hospital is rated as inadequate after inspectors found some patients were at "high risk" of harm and equipment was often out of date.

Why is Gulf War Syndrome still unexplained?

Nurses and midwives coming to Britain from the EU will now need to prove they are fluent in English under new rules.

How mutton flaps are killing the world's most obese country

Fluoridated milk will be handed out to 8,000 schoolchildren in Blackpool to help tackle "poor dental health" after councillors approved the scheme.

The NHS will impose a "sugar tax" in its hospitals and health centres in England to help tackle the growing problem of obesity, its head says.

A doctor specialising in end-of-life care writes a letter to David Bowie thanking him for helping him talk to people about death.

A breast surgeon appears in court charged with unlawfully and maliciously wounding 11 patients.

Dementia patients admitted to hospital in England play 'Russian roulette' with their health, according to a report.

The UK's oldest person, Gladys Hooper, is celebrating her 113th birthday.

More than 50 health and social care organisations call on Stormont politicians to take urgent action to transform the health care system.

The NHS is looking to impose its own "sugar tax" in hospitals and health centres in England, to help tackle the growing problem of obesity.

Dementia patients are playing Russian roulette with their health when they are admitted to hospital in England, a charity is warning.

Multiple sclerosis patient Steven Storey explains how a new treatment has improved his quality of life.

A man left brain-dead after an experimental drug trial in France has died, French media report.

Comedian Ted Robbins has returned to the place where he almost died after a cardiac arrest.

The Royal British Legion calls on the government to do more to help veterans with Gulf War Syndrome, as it marks 25 years since the conflict began.

Helping Kenyan couples have children without risk of HIV

A study in Kenya has found that HIV drugs could reduce transmission between couples where one partner has HIV and the other doesn't

BBC Radio Manchester presenter, Stephanie Hirst, reports on the challenges transgender children and their parents can face.

Moves to make smartphones and tablets less damaging to sleep have been praised by a leading doctor.

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.

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.

Online music videos are heavily exposing teenagers to positive depictions of smoking and drinking alcohol, new research suggests.

One in four adults has been diagnosed with a mental illness at some stage during their lifetime, the annual health survey for England suggests

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.

Swansea University researchers who have trained computers to detect cancer cells using artificial intelligence algorithms say the new method drastically speeds up the process.

A new death from Ebola is confirmed in Sierra Leone, hours after the World Health Organization declared the latest West Africa outbreak over.

Taking readings of brain activity before patients go for surgery could help doctors give a more accurate dose of anaesthetic, researchers suggest.

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.

Bereaved families have blocked the donation of organs from 547 UK registered donors since 2010 - about one in seven cases, figures show.

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.

Medical researchers hope a new tissue bank will give them a clearer insight into pancreatic cancer.

Thousands of nurses were denied permission to work in England last year, despite hospital staff shortages, new figures show.