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A new drug for advanced skin cancer should be made available on the NHS in England, a health body has recommended.
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Two-thirds of older and disabled people who turn to their local councils in England for help with care are turned away, figures show.
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New organ donation rules which presume consent are finalised by AMs.
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Inquests will be held into the deaths of a number of patients at care homes at the centre of an alleged abuse scandal in south Wales.
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A re-think of immigration rules which protect ballet dancers but not vital foreign nurses need re-thinking, the head of the NHS in England says.
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Health watchdogs link a Dundee company to an outbreak of E. coli which affected nine people across Scotland.
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A doctor called off attempts to save a six-year-old boy because she mistakenly thought he had a "do not resuscitate' order, a manslaughter trial hears.
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Scotland's health minister apologises to women who were left with severe complications following a procedure to treat prolapse and bladder problems.
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Childless British Asian couples could consider using donor eggs from Caucasian women to avoid waiting or missing out on having a baby, says a fertility specialist.
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What different countries say about assisted dying
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End-of-life care in the UK has been ranked as the best in the world with a study praising the quality and availability of services.
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The UK provides the best care in the world for people nearing the end of their lives, according to a new study.
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A donor from Germany who was a perfect match for a girl whose life was saved by a bone marrow transplant has come to Warwickshire to meet her.
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A look at the work that won this year's Nobel Prize in medicine
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A former Conservative health minister has criticised the Government's handling of controversial reforms to junior doctors' contracts.
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The "devastating harm" caused by having too much sugar is the focus of Brighton and Hove's first city-wide campaign.
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The charity Medecins Sans Frontieres says it is "disgusted" by Afghan government justifications for Saturday's attack on its hospital in Kunduz.
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The Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine has been split two ways for groundbreaking work on parasitic diseases.
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The Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine has been awarded to two teams for their groundbreaking work on parasitic diseases.
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Holyrood's health committee questions whether meeting performance targets in the NHS is the best use of public money.
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An incurable lung disease is claiming lives because of a lack of funding and research, according to a charity.
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GPs in England are to be offered a voluntary contract to provide seven-day-a-week cover for patients, David Cameron announces.
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Senior doctors are calling for a rethink over the use of a chemotherapy drug to treat prostate cancer.
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UK regulators reassure women the permanent birth control implant Essure is safe despite concerns in the US.
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Drinking dirty water is a reality for many around the world. One company has teamed up with NGOs to trial a unique device that uses salt and a car battery try tackle this
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Young children given asthma medication before the age of two may not grow to their full height in later life, a preliminary report suggests.
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The patients subjected to intimate examinations - without consent
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The Children's Commissioner for England is concerned that young people with mental health issues are turning to the web for advice.
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Activists are warning of a rise in suicides among young people in Iraq.
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Newnsight followed three junior doctors over the course of a week - here are their diaries.
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A Stirling primary school has pioneered a scheme to ensure all of its pupils walk or run a mile every day.
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Some doctors in England are being offered thousands of pounds in bonuses to cut the number of patients being sent to hospital, an investigation finds.
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Some doctors are being offered thousands of pounds in bonuses to cut the number of patients being sent to hospital, an investigation has found.
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A Swedish study of five million people appears to support the theory that height and cancer risk are linked.
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"Heads would roll" in England if hospital waiting list figures were on the same scale as those currently seen in Northern Ireland, a leading health expert claims.
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Ruth Walters says she started pulling her hair out when she was 14 and her parents were divorcing.
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A law banning smoking in vehicles where children are present comes into force in England and Wales, but police say they will be taking a non-confrontational approach.
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Operating theatres are a "hostile environment for women", one of the country's leading female surgeons has told the BBC.
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Being exposed to "good bacteria" early in life could prevent children developing asthma, say US scientists.
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Rising numbers of anxious students need counselling and support for mental health problems
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Lack of an effective national ambulance service in Kenya has seen private firms and organisations take the lead in providing medical emergency services across the country.
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A woman who may benefit from womb transplantation in the UK says carrying her own child would be "an absolute gift".
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Should we know more about the state of NHS finances?
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Everyone who has HIV should be offered antiretroviral drugs as soon as possible after diagnosis, the World Health Organisation says.
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Doctors have been granted approval to carry out the UK's first 10 womb transplants, following the success of the procedure in Sweden.
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