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The first rapid blood test for Ebola has been approved for use by the World Health Organization.
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Every week at least 12 young people in the UK die of undiagnosed heart conditions.
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Patients with life-long conditions are being fined up to £100 for taking their free prescriptions, the BBC has discovered.
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Child mental health services in England must be prioritised more to tackle the complex problems they face, a leaked draft taskforce report says.
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Sunlight continues to damage the skin and increase the risk of cancer for hours after people leave the beach and head indoors, a study shows.
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Drug-resistant malaria has spread in Myanmar and has now reached the border with India, scientists report.
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Americans should eat a diet higher in plants, fruits and grains because it is healthier and has a lower environmental impact a US panel has said.
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Two deaths and seven infections are linked to medical scopes contaminated with a deadly strain of bacteria.
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The number of men taking their own lives in the UK reached its highest level for more than a decade, official figures show.
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Parents of children with mental health problems in England are to get more say in how their child is cared for after a survey suggested major problems.
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Parents of children with mental health problems in England will get more say on their care, says the NHS after a survey suggests major problems.
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A mother's battle over child's mental health care
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The number of Australians contracting Hepatitis A after eating frozen berries rises to 14 and spreads to four states.
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'Children don't see my boy as Down's syndrome; adults do'
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The price the NHS agrees to pay for new medicines in England could cause more harm than good by depleting funds for other services, a report argues.
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The NHS in England has repeatedly missed a key target for rapidly treating cancer patients, official figures for 2014 show.
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Thousands of disabled children are waiting longer for vital services, with some being left for more than two years before they are diagnosed, a survey suggests.
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A survey of paediatricians suggests waiting-time guidelines to assess and diagnose disabled children are being breached.
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A survey of paediatricians suggests waiting-time guidelines to assess and diagnose disabled children are being breached.
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NHS boards in Scotland plan to make all hospital grounds smoke free including e-cigarettes
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A doctor who stopped taking new patients because of "safety" concerns is continuing to do so, despite being told he is in breach of his NHS contract.
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The number of people spending more than 12 hours in accident and emergency in Wales is at its highest since records began in 2012.
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A pioneering approach for helping families in care cases is to be extended.
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Doctors need to say no to patients even those insistent on having antibiotics.
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Patients and visitors are to be banned from using electronic cigarettes in hospital grounds across Scotland within weeks.
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Art has long played a part in treating mental health patients, as a new museum showcasing the collection of Bethlem Hospital demonstrates.
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Doctors should snoop on their colleagues to ensure they are not prescribing too many antibiotics, the NHS in England suggests.
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An NHS hospital trust in Cornwall declares a "black alert" due to pressures on the health service.
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An inspection at Aberdeen's dental school finds that a number of patients were harmed while receiving treatment by students.
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Newsnight follows a veteran neurosurgeon for a day, witnessing his frustrations about the conditions in which he and his colleagues now work.
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A major European obesity project has concluded that urgent strategies are needed to prevent obesity in mothers-to-be to protect the health of their future children.
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All the evidence suggests standardised cigarette packs would reduce the number of people who start smoking and save lives, claim scientists.
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Afghanistan veteran Ben Parkinson is learning to walk again after a pioneering course of treatment using pure oxygen to repair damaged tissue.
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Smoking "skunk-like" cannabis could increase the risk of serious mental health problems, a report says.
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Using potent forms of cannabis is a factor in 24% of new psychosis cases analysed by King's College London researchers.
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Many schools in Liberia reopen six months after they were closed to try to curb the spread of the world's deadliest Ebola outbreak.
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A new network of £30m research centres is being launched by Alzheimer's Research UK to spearhead the search for an Alzheimer's cure.
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Schools are reopening in Liberia on Monday following closure due to the epidemic of the deadly Ebola disease.
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More than 1,500 victims of the conflict in Syria have received medical treatment in Israel since the country's bitter civil war began.
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A new network of £30m research centres is being launched by Alzheimer's Research UK to spearhead the search for an Alzheimer's cure.
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Two experiments with light are trying to help Swedish citizens cope with the long dark winters.
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The discovery of almonds in three products not advertised as containing nuts prompts a wider investigation by the Food Standards Agency.
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People who are obese or have alcohol or drug problems could have their sickness benefits cut if they refuse treatment, David Cameron says, as he launches a review of the system.
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Scientists in Cambridge have developed a revolutionary device that could be used to detect lung cancer on a person's breath.
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The prime minister asks a health adviser to review whether people with obesity or drug problems should have sickness benefits cut if they refuse treatment.
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An international team of scientists is to try to develop a wholly artificial vaccine to finally eradicate polio.
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