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Frances Oldham Kelsey, the Canadian doctor who played a central role in preventing thalidomide being distributed in the US, dies at 101.

A new garden design explores a trait called synaesthesia, where people's senses are involuntarily joined up.

A Nursing and Midwifery Council panel says patients died as a direct result of their poor care at Brithdir Care Home, near Bargoed between 2004 and 2006.

A web-based programme encouraging people to wash their hands more frequently could reduce the risk of catching and passing on infections, a study suggests.

Pharmaceutical firms Pfizer and Flynn Pharma are accused of charging "excessive and unfair" prices for an anti-epilepsy drug by the UK's competition watchdog.

Patients are waiting up to five months for diagnostic scan results at Plymouth's Derriford Hospital, it emerges.

Nicola Smith, who has multiple sclerosis, tells the Victoria Derbyshire programme she is worried that her condition will lead her son to miss out.

A mother who was transferred between four hospitals while in premature labour with twins speaks out about an incubator shortage.

England's track record for cancer survival remains poorer than other countries with similar health systems, a study suggests.

UK government guidelines on how much alcohol it is safe to drink are unrealistic, largely ignored and should be changed to reflect modern habits, a study suggests.

The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service apologises to a "seriously-injured" farmer from Castlederg who had to wait more than 90 minutes for an ambulance.

Playing music in the operating theatre can be disruptive and surgeons should think twice about pressing the play button, according to a small study.

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Why might women feel temperature differently to men?

The appetite for Scottish Seaweed exports increases with further plans to boost demand among health conscious consumers.

Regulator tells hospitals in England to "look again" at their financial plans as current proposals are "simply unaffordable".

John Southall, the partner of Gill Pharaoh, who ended her life in a Swiss suicide clinic, explains how she reached her decision.

Stem cells can change the lives of people with serious diseases but lack of donors from the Black, Asian and minority ethnic community means 'less hope' for patients

A hospital patient who is unable to fit inside an "outdated" MRI scanner says he is forced to make a 150 mile round trip for treatment.

A retired nurse from London who travelled to Switzerland to end her life saw the "indignity" of ageing, her partner says.

Two women from Hertfordshire are backing a campaign to provide free sanitary products for homeless women.

The US Food and Drug Administration is 'strongly encouraging' hospitals not to use a drug pump system made by a leading medical supplier.

Everyone should consider taking vitamin D supplements to counter the lack of sunshine in the UK, government experts are proposing.

A simple urine test which could detect pancreatic cancer much earlier than at present is developed by scientists.

How food ingredients change without you knowing

A computer-based brain training game could improve the daily lives of people with schizophrenia, say University of Cambridge researchers.

A new study says reading for pleasure can help people relate to each other and increase their empathy.

Two distillers in China added Viagra to thousands of bottles of spirits and told customers it had "health-preserving qualities", food officials say.

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People living with HIV in Malawi are being given access to vital tests thanks to a simpler way of transporting blood.

Teenagers across the UK going to university and college this year are being urged to get vaccinated against deadly meningitis W.

Initial results from an Ebola vaccine trial in Guinea are "exciting" and "promising", according to the World Health Organization.

The government is to invest £143m improving children's mental health services in England this year, BBC News learns.

A vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus has led to 100% protection in a pioneering trial described as a "potential game-changer".

Days lost to stress-related sickness by doctors at a hospital trust increases by more than 430% in five years, it is revealed.

An Australian plane passenger, who says he suffered back pain after being seated next to an overweight man, is suing Etihad Airways.

Nursing leaders in Portugal, Spain and Italy say "aggressive strategies" are being used to "fool" a growing number of their staff into working in the NHS.

Helping homeless women access sanitary towels and tampons

How dangerous is laughing gas?

We told the king we had HIV - and taught a country not to fear

A pilot project for women in Bury is tackling participation in sport, which is now lower across the UK than before the London Olympics.

Maud, 90, speaks to the BBC about her feelings of isolation.

Will the food and drink industry step up to the plate?

Scientists identify five types of prostate cancer, each with a distinct genetic signature.

Targets for ambulance response times in Wales are to be dropped for all but the most life-threatening calls under a Welsh government trial.

Can new guidelines really improve our final moments?

England's health watchdog puts forward new draft guidance to improve the care of adults in their last few days of life.

An eight-year-old boy in America becomes the youngest recipient of a double hand transplant.