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British aid workers who risked their lives to save victims of the Ebola virus have been honoured for their efforts.
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People with the most common form of multiple sclerosis should be offered drug treatment earlier, a charity says.
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The BBC's medical correspondent Fergus Walsh explains what causes age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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Smoking will be banned in all prisons in Wales and four in south-west England from next year, ahead of a wider roll-out, the government says.
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A woman who worked at an NHS non-emergency call centre says it is "dangerously understaffed" with 75% of calls going unanswered.
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The Welsh Rugby team might want to ditch cryotherapy sessions ahead of their match against Fiji on Thursday, say medical experts who have evaluated this deep freeze treatment for tired muscles.
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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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