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Spending on agency nurses in the South West has soared from about £12m in 2010 to more than £59m in 2014, it emerges.

Final clinical trials of a malaria vaccine - the first to reach this stage - suggest it could protect one third of children against malaria, according to data published in The Lancet.

For the first time, brain signals relating to the constant ringing noise of tinnitus have been mapped across a wide area inside a patient's brain.

A newborn baby, who lived for less than two hours, became the UK's youngest ever organ donor a year ago, it has been revealed.

A research project is being launched today as scientists try to find out more about ticks.

Opinion divided on gay conversion therapy

How an exercise machine for unhealthy cats helps mentally ill people back into the workplace.

Are there more similarities than differences in the parties' plans for the NHS

The likelihood of being bitten by mosquitoes could be down to genes that control our body odour, a pilot study in Plos One suggests.

An experimental drug has cured monkeys infected with the strain of the Ebola virus present in West Africa, US-based scientists say.

NHS founder Aneurin Bevan would be "turning in his grave" if he saw the way Welsh ministers run the service, the UK government's Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says.

Thousands of people in England are dying from bowel cancer because their disease is not being spotted early enough, warns a charity.

A government drive to increase participation in rugby within English schools is ill-conceived and risks children getting hurt, doctors warn.

The lives of six boys with a deadly genetic disease have been transformed by a pioneering treatment to correct errors in their DNA, say doctors.

A child born with foetal alcohol syndrome is refused permission to take her case for criminal injuries compensation to the UK Supreme Court.

Labour will launch an emergency recruitment drive to get 1,000 more nurses into training this year if they win the election, Ed Miliband says.

Scientists from Newcastle University are urging the government to introduce guidelines on daily consumption of wholegrain foods.

A mindfulness-based therapy could provide a "new choice for millions of people" with recurrent depression, a study in the Lancet says.

A Christian health worker claims the NHS made her look "a bit crazy" by disciplining her for allegedly trying to convert a Muslim colleague.

The number of schoolgirls at risk of emotional problems has risen sharply in the last five years, a study suggests.

A student dies after taking suspected diet pills bought online, police reveal.

An online video of a six-year-old boy swallowing tablets for cystic fibrosis is viewed more than 650,000 times.

Two common drugs - one for treating athlete's foot and another for alleviating eczema - might be useful therapies for multiple sclerosis, scientists believe.

According to a new study, a quarter of people with Parkinson's say they have had their symptoms mistaken for drunkenness. Jayne McCubbin reports.

Are women with severe pregnancy sickness being failed?

A survey of 2,000 people with Parkinson's finds that more than half have experienced rudeness or hostility from the public.

The Brazilian authorities in Sao Paulo are fighting a large outbreak of dengue fever that has killed 130 people.

There will be 2,000 fewer NHS nurses in England over the next four years according to projections, Labour says, but the Conservatives say the figures are old.

Doctors need to move beyond 'one-size-fits-all' approach to tackling obesity, say scientists in Sheffield.

Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma told the BBC's Katty Kay that Ebola had a "devastating effect on the economy".

The UK death rate has reached a tipping point with the numbers of deaths expected to rise after 2015, suggests a report.

Experts say eye contact between humans and dogs can ignite a love hormone.

Health bosses were forced to bring in a doctor who is usually on call for major disasters to cope with problems at an under-pressure A&E department.

The drive to make mouthguards the norm in sport

More than 160 people die every day from rabies, despite it being a preventable disease, says a report by the Global Alliance for Rabies Control.

Genetic differences could explain why some people are quicker thinkers in middle age and later life, a study of data from 30,000 people suggests.

Scientists have used medical scans to explain exactly what happens when people crack their knuckles.

The NHS is facing a "substantial financial problem" in England which politicians are ignoring during the election campaign, the former head of the service says.

People who have difficulty breathing while asleep are more likely to develop memory problems early on, a study in the journal Neurology suggests.

Tweaking the brain's immune system with a drug has prevented mice developing dementia, a study shows.

The WHO is urging recovered Ebola survivors to be even more cautious during sexual contact to make sure the virus is not passed on to partners.

Divorced women are more likely to have a heart attack than their peers who stay married, US research suggests.

GP services are facing a crisis, with a third of doctors considering retirement in the next five years, a British Medical Association poll suggests.

A Scottish man who had recently returned from west Africa showing possible symptoms of Ebola has tested negative for the virus.

The Greens launch their manifesto with a call for a "peaceful political revolution" to end austerity, tackle climate change and "take back" the NHS.

Two siblings left brain damaged from birth are awarded multimillion-pound payouts in "unprecedented" clinical negligence cases.

Can innovation save lives in Kenya's maternity wards?

Almost half of young people suffer with back pain, new research suggests, and it's being blamed on sedentary lifestyles.

Visitors from outside the EU who receive treatment in NHS hospitals in England are now being charged 150% of the cost under changes brought in to discourage "health tourism".