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BBC News - Health
BBC News - Health
last updated: Jul 24 2019 1:13 AM
- Pledge to end smoking in England by 2030
The ambition is part of a range of measures to tackle the causes of preventable ill health.
- ‘I had chemo for breast cancer that never existed’
Sarah Boyle underwent chemotherapy and a mastectomy before the mistake was noticed.
- Police must offer women detainees period products under new rules
Campaigners say change will help to preserve the dignity of women, non-binary and trans detainees.
- UK newborn baby screening 'not good enough'
Newborn screening checks for rare but serious health conditions are not happening, says a charity.
- Contaminated blood inquiry: Karisa Jones speaks of 'nightmare' diagnosis
A widow tells the contaminated blood inquiry of both her and her husband's infections.
- Canned laughter 'makes jokes funnier'
It works for "dad jokes" too, according to researchers who tried it out on 72 volunteers.
- Resistant malaria spreading in South East Asia
Drug-resistant malaria parasites have moved from Cambodia to Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.
- Tafida Raqeeb: Parents' bid to get daughter treated goes to High Court
Doctors treating Tafida Raqeeb in the UK have said it is in her best interests to be allowed to die.
- UK weather: How to keep cool and carry on in a heatwave
With temperatures set to soar in the coming days, how can the UK keep cool and carry on?
- 'How I got to medical school via A&E and the chicken shop'
Yousef used to spend hours hanging around the High Street with mates, until an injury changed his life.
- What can be done about Scotland's drugs crisis?
Experts back five ways of trying to halt Scotland's rising toll of drug-related deaths.
- Excluded from school: How boxing helps teenagers with ADHD
Excluded from mainstream school, these teenagers explain how boxing helps them channel their ADHD.
- Ebola in DR Congo: Fear and mistrust stalk battle to halt outbreak
A snapshot from Butembo in DR Congo - one of the frontlines in the fight against the deadly virus.
- ‘I used to scream: For God’s sake, just eat!’
One family on their struggle to find support after their daughter was diagnosed with anorexia.
- Wymondham girl, 10, making full recovery from stroke
Holly Browning lost feeling in her arm and couldn't speak.