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The steroid injection is available on prescription for some treatments but not hay fever.
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A new study claims 100,000 obesity cases have been prevented due to a ban on junk food advertising.
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Sexual health charities call on the government to take firmer action to control the outbreak.
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BBC research shows one-in-three new doctors in England last year came from outside the UK and EU.
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A High Court hearing is deciding if the 12-year-old can be moved to a hospice.
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A study some claim debunks antidepressants has gone viral. Was it read wrong?
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Many fans have been visiting the site hoping to find a memorial tree, which was planted in the show.
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The 12-year-old boy's family want him to be moved to a hospice for his "last moments".
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Experts believe similar technology can improve care, reassure patients and cut waiting lists.
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Half of the 10 specialist centres planned to create more capacity for operations face delays.
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The US model says she and John Legend are expecting a baby, nearly two years after a stillbirth.
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Afra Rafeeq, who died this week, had raised millions of rupees to help get a crucial drug for her baby brother.
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Boris Johnson said he was "immensely grateful" for Sir Patrick's advice and expertise during the pandemic.
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The morale of junior doctors will be damaged by a lower pay rise than other staff, hospitals in England say.
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A record number of drug misuse deaths are reported in Wales for 2021, with a 41% rise.
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Study could transform access to organs for transplant by reversing some of the damage caused after death.
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The majority of the nearly 2,500 confirmed monkeypox cases in England are in London.
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Davy Zyw did not think he would still be alive four years after being told he has motor neurone disease.
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The Supreme Court refuses an appeal by Archie's family against the withdrawal of his treatment.
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Health officials are urging vaccinations against polio after the first US case in a decade was found.
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A toxicology report finds evidence of cocaine use, which probably caused the entrepreneur's death.
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The impact of body image on mental and physical health needs to be taken more seriously, MPs say.
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The Court of Appeal says treatment of the 12-year-old should not continue beyond Tuesday.
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Hari's mother can go 36 hours without proper sleep - as his family wait for a full care package.
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The Court of Appeal will decide this afternoon if treatment for Archie Battersbee can continue.
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Surgeons say space-age technology helped doctors in separate countries to work together.
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St Giles Hospice says the experiences help patients escape the realities of their situation.
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The country shut its borders in March 2020, a move that majorly impacted the tourism industry.
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Love Island contestant, Tasha Ghouri was born deaf. Her dad explains the challenges she faces.
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The 60-year-old tells the BBC she suspects the government poster used a doctored picture of her.
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Scott Neil couldn't believe how he got potentially fatal disease after a trip while walking home.
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The government must compensate victims of the scandal immediately, three former health secretaries say.
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Brazil and Spain report fatalities from the virus, but most infections are mild and overall risk is low.
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University student Shauna Lennon from County Tyrone was involved a serious car accident last year.
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Inquiry judge recommends first ever compensation for more than 4,000 victims of scandal.
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About 3.2 million are thought to have the virus - a drop of more than half a million on the previous week.
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Experts are concerned about a growth in drugs sold easily online to patients, bypassing doctors.
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Stephen and Louise Crawshaw-Bowen are worried about bills after insurers said they were not covered.
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Experts hope to permanently correct or silence the inherited genetic material that is involved.
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It follows criticism of England's only children's gender identity clinic in an independent review.
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An addiction charity says celebrities talking about their problems can encourage others to seek help.
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Medics are on alert for cases of the rare infection that cause can be serious and even deadly to some people.
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The city where Covid began is under partial lockdown for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
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The 17-year-old was regularly restrained and "treated like an animal", her father claims.
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A cross-party group calls for greater protection in the workplace and a trial of "menopause leave".
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The government's campaign urges women worried about their bodies to go to the beach.
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The former health secretary says the state can sometimes "close ranks around a lie".
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A man who has had HIV since the 1980s had a bone marrow transplant from a donor resistant to the virus.
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IT servers at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London stopped working during last week's heatwave.
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The rise in cases comes amid expanded testing in addition to the growing outbreak of the virus.
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