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| Updated | 2025-06-28 08:45 |
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Bryan Naylor, who has wet macular degeneration, gives his reaction to the news scientists may be close to finding a cure for blindness.
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Researchers have found evidence that thousands of critical medical machines, such as MRI scanners, are available to access online.
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Surgeons in London use human embryonic stem cells to try to cure blindness in a patient.
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UK regulators grant a licence for a drug called pertuzumab, or Perjeta, that fights early but aggressive breast cancer.
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David Cameron dismisses speculation free school meals for all infant children could be at risk of cuts.
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Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt agrees to meet junior doctors' leaders after the decision to ballot medics on industrial action over a new contract.
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Sections of DNA that control when women go through the menopause have been identified by scientists.
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On Pingelap, a tenth of the population is totally colour-blind.
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The mystery of why some people appear to have healthy lungs despite a lifetime of smoking has been explained by scientists.
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Unlicensed blood product which claims to treat cancer and autism still being sold
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Cuts to free school meals for infant pupils in England could harm children's health, say experts in a letter to a newspaper.
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How a dog helped discover the 'kiss of life' technique
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Designer and entrepreneur Vidhi Mehta has developed a biology kit that helps children become ''citizen scientists'', hunting new antibiotics.
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Junior doctors in England are to be balloted on industrial action over government plans to introduce a new contract from August 2016.
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The leader of the Junior Doctors' Committee say its members are "incredibly angry" at the "imposition" of a new contract about which there has been "no discussion".
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Millions of people globally have died unnecessarily from cancers that could have been treated by radiotherapy, according to doctors.
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Nomsa Maseko reports from Zambia, where it is hoped a birth simulator being used to train midwives will translate into lives saved in childbirth.
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A BBC investigation has found harmful and banned ingredients in a DIY tattoo removal kit that can be bought online.
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Two new therapies for hard to treat advanced kidney cancer could change treatment of the disease, say experts at the European Cancer Congress.
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The World Health Organization removes Nigeria from the list of polio endemic countries, a "milestone" on the path to eradicating the paralysing viral infection.
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The surgeon general of the armed forces has defended the use of a controversial anti-malarial drug given to soldiers serving overseas.
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Scientists say they have discovered a genetic clue to why some breast cancers relapse, which could lead to better treatment.
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The way the body can track the passing of the seasons in a "chemical calendar" has been discovered by scientists.
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Many smartphone health apps vetted and promoted by the NHS leak data that could be used for ID theft and fraud, a study finds.
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A DIY contraceptive jab is being offered to women by the NHS for the first time as an alternative to the pill.
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A paraplegic man has been able to walk a short distance after scientists used a computer which read signals from his brain and then sent stimulus to his legs.
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Could a measure to tackle FGM push it back "underground"?
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Families are paying too much for care in England "all too often" because of confusing or incorrect information from councils, a report says.
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A paralysed man has been able to regain some control over his legs using a device to read his brain, scientists say.
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The NHS in England could be losing up to £5.7bn a year to fraud in areas such as payroll, prescriptions and patient registration, a report suggests.
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There were more than 1,000 newly recorded cases of female genital mutilation in England between April and June, NHS data reveals.
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More investment in mental health research would quickly save the health service money, a major European study says.
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Most people in Europe are too fat, according to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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The proportion of two-year-old children having the MMR vaccine has fallen, according to NHS statistics.
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Carers who visit elderly people in their homes should spend at least 30 minutes with them according to new guidance.
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Carers should spend at least 30 minutes on home visits to older people as part of a new gold standard for services, according to new guidance.
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Everyone is surrounded by a unique cloud of their own bacteria, according to scientists at the University of Oregon in the US.
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A US drug company facing an outcry after raising the price of a drug used by Aids patients by over 5,000% says it will lower the price.
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As Turing Pharmaceuticals raises the price of an Aids treatment, Daraprim, BBC News looks at how the pharmaceutical industry tries to balance the pursuit of profit with a patient's need to access medication.
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The head of a US pharmaceutical company defends a decision to raise the price of a 62-year-old medication used by Aids patients by over 5,000%.
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One of the UK's biggest NHS trusts is put in special measures after inspectors found concerns over staffing, treatment delays and governance failings.
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English councils should be allowed to put up taxes to fund the NHS, ex-health minister Norman Lamb tells the Lib Dem conference.
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Who decides what's fair when it comes to putting a price on life-saving medicines?
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One in 20 adults in Scotland use e-cigarettes and a sixth of adults have tried them, according to an annual health survey.
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The head of a US drugs company has defended his company's decision to raise the price of medication used by Aids patients by over 5,000%.
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Not getting a good enough apology when things go wrong is the most common complaint NHS patients escalate, figures show.
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