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Prison guards and inmates could face prosecution for flouting smoking ban laws in communal prison areas after a High Court ruling.
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Liberia has released its last Ebola patient after going a week without any new cases for the first time since May 2014, according to health officials.
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The parents of a girl who lost part of her limbs after catching Meningitis B are supporting a campaign to speed up introduction of a vaccine against the disease.
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Plumbers and heating engineers should join with GPs and care staff in tackling problems caused by cold homes, health experts say.
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More than 900 patients in the West of England had surgery cancelled for non-medical reasons in the first two weeks of the year, figures show.
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Billions of people have untreated tooth decay across the globe, an international study has found.
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The Lib Dem election manifesto will include a pledge to hand drugs policy from the Home Office to the Department of Health, Nick Clegg says.
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An MP who lost his father, mother and sister to cancer questions the prime minister about cancer referral targets.
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There is growing concern about the future of an orphanage run by a British charity in Sierra Leone, after one member of staff died last week from Ebola.
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Journalist James Delingpole on who should pay for the health care of people who are overweight.
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The number of old people killing themselves has fallen. Why?
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Adults catch real flu about once every five years, while children get it every other year, scientists calculate, based on a field study in China.
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Just one in seven councils in the UK is paying a "fair" price for home care for the elderly, according to a survey.
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In 1946, Dr Benjamin Spock published his parenting guide 'Baby and Childcare'
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Video games firm Ubisoft is working on a title that it believes can treat lazy eye, a condition that can result in reduced vision.
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BBC News asks whether coffee really is healthy after a study appeared to show that moderate consumption may help people avoid heart disease.
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NHS staff have voted to accept a government pay offer, Unison has announced.
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Liberia's president calls for an aid package for the Ebola-affected countries of West Africa along the lines of the post-WWII Marshall Plan.
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Northern Ireland's health minister has formally accepted proposals for a single, all-Ireland children's heart surgery centre, based in Dublin.
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A "lethal mix" of failures at a Cumbrian hospital led to the unnecessary deaths of 11 babies and one mother, an inquiry rules.
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The costs of sending special administrators into the troubled Mid Staffordshire NHS trust rose to almost £19.5m, a health watchdog reveals.
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Scotland's A&E departments treated 87% of people within the Scottish government's target of four hours in January, NHS statistics show.
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Bereaved parents' persistence led to hospital failings being exposed
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A cancer patient describes his battle for a potential life-extending drug as "degrading" as he is forced to move to England to get treatment.
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The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed almost 10,000 people, but it appears the number of people dying from the virus is finally slowing down.
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New regulations aimed at stamping out drug driving, including the first legal limits on cannabis and cocaine, come into force in England and Wales.
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GPs are to have more time to focus on caring for the most vulnerable patients under a new contract with the Welsh government.
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Measures to protect children's health should be put at the forefront of the general election, say doctors.
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Some websites offering treatment for gonorrhoea are putting patients at risk by failing to follow national guidelines, BBC 5 Live Investigates finds.
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The vice-president of Sierra Leone puts himself into quarantine after one of his bodyguards dies from the Ebola virus.
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Scientists say they have found distinct changes in the immune systems of patients with ME or chronic fatigue syndrome, which could lead to better diagnosis and treatment.
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The fight to bring pain relief and comfort to terminally ill patients in Mexico.
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Greater Manchester will begin taking control of its health budget from April after a devolution agreement is signed by the Chancellor George Osborne.
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People should listen to music for no more than one hour a day to protect their hearing, the World Health Organization suggests.
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It is "almost inevitable" that your blood will take the first steps towards leukaemia as you age, researchers show.
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The NHS Trust boss responsible for Stoke Mandeville hospital is criticised for telling an MP Jimmy Savile was 'not given free access', the BBC learns.
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An optical implant allows a man to see his wife again for the first time in years, and other technology highlights.
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Jimmy Savile abused 63 people connected to Stoke Mandeville Hospital, but the only formal complaint was ignored, a report finds.
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A recruitment consultant, who changed eight doctors' CVs to secure them jobs, is given a suspended sentence.
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Laurie Graham, whose husband suffers from dementia, says having a partner with the disease is "like having a child".
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