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Scientists have designed microscopic "grenades" that can explode their cancer-killing payload in tumours.

On Saturday, a new law comes in which means teachers, health and social workers must tell police if they find, or are told, someone under 18 has undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). .

An NHS ambulance trust is investigated after it dodged national response targets to gain more time to assess some seriously ill patients.

Spending time gardening in an allotment can improve mood and self-esteem, a university study says.

Hospital beds for people with learning disabilities and autism will be halved in England, the NHS has announced.

'We need to treat this like the Aids crisis'

An 11 year-old-boy is hoping to smile again after having pioneering surgery in an attempt to restore the feeling down the left side of his face

Asian women trying to have a baby through IVF are more likely to miscarry than white women.

As a study reveals that young people with skin conditions find their mental health suffers, BBC Breakfast talks to one young woman who struggled to cope with acne.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announces plans to stop GPs having to rearrange hospital appointments for patients, in a bid to save them time.

A terrifying time of year for people with phobias.

No junior doctors working up to the legal limit on working hours will lose money under a proposed new contract, Jeremy Hunt tells MPs.

A Sussex woman with Multiple sclerosis (MS) says her symptoms improved and she was able to walk up stairs again after being prescribed HIV drugs.

Tuberculosis now ranks alongside HIV as the world's biggest killing infectious disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.

An Italian doctor has been suspended from practising in the UK after failing an English language test.

The BBC's Yalda Hakim reports from a village in Kaldak in the remote east of South Sudan to see the impact of the country's civil war, and finds people at risk of famine.

Cancer Research UK says there is an unacceptable variation between different parts of England in how quickly cancer is diagnosed.

An advert for Boots Opticians has been banned for "misleading" claims that the light emitted from smartphones and other gadgets damages eyesight.

Ivorian baby food manufacturer Marie Diongoye Konate tells the BBC's Women of African series about fighting malnutrition using local products.

One women tells the BBC that she struggles to pay for food for herself and her son.

Vital opportunities to diagnose cancer patients in England earlier and increase their survival chances are being missed, experts are warning.

Carnegie Mellon University researchers look to use off-the-shelf 3D printers to print human tissue.

A parasite-killing drug, whose discovery won the Nobel prize, may also cut cases of malaria, say researchers.

A common Alzheimer's drug that is often withdrawn in later stages of the disease can halve the chances of patients needing to be moved into nursing homes, a study suggests.

Parts of London have higher rates of tuberculosis than Rwanda, Iraq or Guatemala, a report from the London Assembly says.

The medicines with their roots in traditional remedies

The number of protests by anti-abortion campaigners in the UK appears to be on the rise.

The rise in US-style anti-abortion protests in England.

Processed meats - such as bacon and ham - do cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization.

A major hospital would have to close its A&E department nine days in every 10 to break even because of the funding formula, a former chief executive says.

Cholera infections are soaring in Iraq as the health ministry has reported more than 1,800 confirmed cases since the start of the outbreak last month.

Would a warning about a possible increased cancer risk put people off eating red meat? Cooked breakfast fans give their verdict.

The complex chemical make-up of legal highs is leaving ambulance services dangerously uncertain about how to treat casualties, a senior paramedic claims.

A new dialysis machine could allow patients with kidney disease to have the treatment at home.

Two women who feel strongly about abortion speak to the BBC

Up to 4,000 people, many of them doctors, have marched through Newcastle in protest against the proposed new contracts for junior doctors.

There has been a 10% rise in detentions under the Mental Health Act in England since last year, statistics show.

Medical groups are asking George Osborne to reverse planned cuts to vital health services in England.

Can you sniff out disease?

Alzheimer's disease can be detected decades before onset, using a virtual reality test, a study suggests.

Rapid diagnostic tests are urgently needed to help doctors know which patients require antibiotics, a review says.

Legislation to ban new psychoactive substances in the UK is being rushed amid a lack of clarity over whether it could actually work, MPs warn.

The Home Office's annual statistics show a 6% drop in animal experiments in the UK - but the office has changed the way it collects these figures.

A baby born three months early was kept warm by doctors with the help of a supermarket sandwich bag, her mother reveals.

Inside the first trial to prevent the disease

A sugar tax and fewer buy-one-get-one-free deals are part of Public Health England's "key actions" to cut sugar consumption.

A paedophile doctor who abused young cancer patients was able to go undetected after clues to his offending were missed, an investigation finds.

About 11,000 people in the UK will be involved in the world's largest clinical trial examining whether or not aspirin can prevent cancers returning.