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Puberty blockers to be given only in clinical research

Puberty blockers to be given only in clinical rese...

19 hours ago 3

Unite announces further ambulance and hospital staff strikes

Unite announces further ambulance and hospital sta...

23 hours ago 3

Taurine may extend life and health, scientists find

Taurine may extend life and health, scientists fin...

1 day ago 6

Glastonbury: Disposable vapes added to 'what not to bring' list

Glastonbury: Disposable vapes added to 'what not t...

1 day ago 8

Kettering General Hospital chief apologises over children's care

Kettering General Hospital chief apologises over c...

2 days ago 10

Strictly dancer Amy Dowden gives update as cancer treatment begins

Strictly dancer Amy Dowden gives update as cancer ...

2 days ago 7

NHS struggling to provide safe cancer care, say senior doctors

NHS struggling to provide safe cancer care, say se...

2 days ago 3

Senior doctors plan 48-hour strike for July in England

Senior doctors plan 48-hour strike for July in Eng...

3 days ago 7

Covid inquiry: What is it investigating and how will it work?

Covid inquiry: What is it investigating and how wi...

3 days ago 6

Plan for GPs to offer NHS patients Wegovy weight-loss jab

Plan for GPs to offer NHS patients Wegovy weight-l...

3 days ago 9

Adenomyosis: NHS failing women, health ambassador says

Adenomyosis: NHS failing women, health ambassador ...

4 days ago 9

Gonorrhoea and syphilis sex infections reach record levels in England

Gonorrhoea and syphilis sex infections reach recor...

4 days ago 10

Kettering Skylark ward: Mum alarmed at 'out-of-depth' admission

Kettering Skylark ward: Mum alarmed at 'out-of-dep...

4 days ago 10

Children's doctors call for ban on disposable vapes

Children's doctors call for ban on disposable vape...

4 days ago 12

Frimley Park Hospital apologises over girl's cancer diagnosis delay

Frimley Park Hospital apologises over girl's cance...

1 week ago 15

Multi-cancer blood test shows real promise in NHS study

Multi-cancer blood test shows real promise in NHS ...

1 week ago 24

'Living with bigger boobs made me want to hide'

'Living with bigger boobs made me want to hide'

1 week ago 22

Argentina allows morning-after pill to be bought over counter

Argentina allows morning-after pill to be bought o...

1 week ago 18

Every Canadian cigarette will soon carry a health warning

Every Canadian cigarette will soon carry a health ...

1 week ago 17

Menopause and periods guidance is a 'magnificent step forward'

Menopause and periods guidance is a 'magnificent s...

1 week ago 23

NHS backs new wafer to prevent migraines

NHS backs new wafer to prevent migraines

1 week ago 19

Researchers find oldest evidence of the plague in Britain

Researchers find oldest evidence of the plague in ...

1 week ago 10

East Kent: A decade of failure in maternity care

East Kent: A decade of failure in maternity care

2 weeks ago 43

Primodos: Pregnancy test damages claims thrown out by judge

Primodos: Pregnancy test damages claims thrown out...

2 weeks ago 27

US doctor faces hearing over story of 10-year-old's abortion

US doctor faces hearing over story of 10-year-old'...

2 weeks ago 24

Monkeypox: London sees rise in cases in last month

Monkeypox: London sees rise in cases in last month...

2 weeks ago 24

New superbug-killing antibiotic discovered using AI

New superbug-killing antibiotic discovered using A...

2 weeks ago 33

Five hospitals at risk of collapse to be rebuilt

Five hospitals at risk of collapse to be rebuilt

2 weeks ago 15

Health boss says obesity 'bigger health impact than Covid' long term

Health boss says obesity 'bigger health impact tha...

2 weeks ago 16

Young mental health patients 'at risk' in child wards

Young mental health patients 'at risk' in child wa...

2 weeks ago 20

Plant-based diets good for the heart

Plant-based diets good for the heart

2 weeks ago 18

Shop around on NHS app to shorten wait for treatment

Shop around on NHS app to shorten wait for treatme...

2 weeks ago 19

First UK death linked to 'zombie' drug xylazine

First UK death linked to 'zombie' drug xylazine

2 weeks ago 22

People paying for operations up by third since Covid pandemic

People paying for operations up by third since Cov...

2 weeks ago 16

Work pressures driving nurses and midwives away

Work pressures driving nurses and midwives away

2 weeks ago 22

Tavistock: Top doctor questions need for change at gender clinic

Tavistock: Top doctor questions need for change at...

2 weeks ago 21

Essex GP struck off over 'sexually motivated' examination

Essex GP struck off over 'sexually motivated' exam...

2 weeks ago 23

Myles Bradbury victim: 'I won't let abuse by doctor affect my entire life'

Myles Bradbury victim: 'I won't let abuse by docto...

2 weeks ago 18

35,000 cases of sexual misconduct or violence in NHS in five years

35,000 cases of sexual misconduct or violence in N...

2 weeks ago 15

Vaping: High lead and nickel found in illegal vapes

Vaping: High lead and nickel found in illegal vape...

2 weeks ago 22

BBC's Naga Munchetty reveals womb condition adenomyosis

BBC's Naga Munchetty reveals womb condition adenom...

2 weeks ago 19

Bristol motorcycle event for men's mental health returns

Bristol motorcycle event for men's mental health r...

2 weeks ago 15

'Stillborn babies should have legal rights'

'Stillborn babies should have legal rights'

3 weeks ago 24

Vaping: Tighter rules calls amid rise in children using vapes

Vaping: Tighter rules calls amid rise in children ...

3 weeks ago 17

West NHS clinic to offer depression magnet therapy

West NHS clinic to offer depression magnet therapy...

3 weeks ago 21

Brentwood mum criticises test labelling one twin son overweight

Brentwood mum criticises test labelling one twin s...

3 weeks ago 19

Ageing body scans to aid understanding of why diseases occur

Ageing body scans to aid understanding of why dise...

3 weeks ago 18

Nurses strike because patients are dying - RCN union boss Pat Cullen

Nurses strike because patients are dying - RCN uni...

3 weeks ago 18

Face mask rule easing 'a good thing', says health boss Jason Leitch

Face mask rule easing 'a good thing', says health ...

3 weeks ago 14

Do not resuscitate: Man choked to death after paramedics stood down

Do not resuscitate: Man choked to death after para...

3 weeks ago 22