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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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World Rugby's chief medical officer tells the BBC the sport's rules may have to change to reduce concussions.
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The moment when a blood cancer patient meets the donor who saved his life.
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Cuts to social care will affect the dignity, health and wellbeing of elderly and disabled people, according to charities and care providers.
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Muscle dysmorphia, also known as "bigorexia", may now be affecting one in 10 men who visit gyms in the UK, according to the Body Dysmorphic Disorder Foundation.
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One in three people born this year are likely to develop dementia in their lifetimes, according to the charity Alzheimer's Research UK.
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A decision to pull the plug on a private health contract has helped fuel a waiting list crisis in Northern Ireland, the health board says.
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Pregnant women and those trying to conceive should avoid alcohol altogether, the chief medical officer for Wales warns.
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As many as one in 10 men training in UK gyms could have muscle dysmorphia, where individuals see themselves as small, despite being big and muscular.
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Nearly one in four teenagers having an abortion in England and Wales has been pregnant at least once before, a study in the Journal of Adolescent Health has found.
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Fewer than half of a group of 21,000 people took the chance to attend a bowel cancer screening test, a Cancer Research UK report says.
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The dignity, heath and wellbeing of older people and those with disabilities in England are in danger, health and care groups warn.
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The village where children change sex at the age of 12
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A simple system of coloured paper strips is being used in Malawi to stop children with serious illness being left at the back of the queue.
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The BBC's James Burridge spends the day with the England flanker Tom Wood to look at his eating routine.
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Urinary tract infections can be treated more quickly using a new DNA sequencing device, according to research.
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Patients are being put at risk because of regional variations in access to services across England, according to an NHS report.
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Smokers who quit could lower their risk of type 2 diabetes in the long term, research suggests.
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Tai Chi has benefits for people with health conditions like arthritis, a study has found.
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The former boss of an NHS hospital who resigned days before inspectors are expected to criticise its financial management has defended its results.
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A 3D printed windpipe has been used to practise delicate surgery before an operation on a six-year-old at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
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About a third of cancer cases in the UK could be prevented if people ate healthily, exercised more and cut down on alcohol, figures indicate.
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Differences in access to key NHS services, including stroke and cancer care, are putting patients at risk, an official report suggests.
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Highly drug-resistant gonorrhoea is spreading in the north of England with an outbreak centred in Leeds, health officials have confirmed.
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A report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the charity Unicef says malaria death rates have fallen 60% globally since 2000 and more than six million lives have been saved.
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Rising incomes in the developing world mean more people can afford medical care, but a new study has found that this is also helping spread resistance to antibiotics.
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The case of a three-year-old who developed type 2 diabetes has driven doctors to raise fresh concerns about diet in childhood.
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