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Health
World-first trial finds arthritis drug may help treat type...
Type 1 diabetes is a chronic condition that causes a person's blood sugar level...
Why syphilis is rising around the world
Syphilis is one of the oldest known sexually transmitted infections. Once thought...
The painful puzzle of diseases that have no name
Helene Cederroth lost three children to an undiagnosed disease. While relatively...
Why clean air is a luxury that many can't afford
Although almost everyone in the world now breathes air that is polluted in some...
Still no medical cannabis trials for NHS - five years on...
Five years after medical cannabis was legalised, the government still hasn't funded...
Essex mental health unit neglect led to teen's death -...
A failure of basic protocol at an NHS mental health unit led to a patient dying...
PrEP: Preventative HIV drug highly effective, study says
A drug which stops HIV infecting the body has proved to be a highly effective "real-world"...
Untreated diseases could kill more than bombings in Gaza,...
Untreated diseases could eventually kill more people in Gaza than bombings if the...
Australia cracks down on single-use vaping devices
Australia says it will ban the import of disposable vaping devices from the start...
Is China muddling its response to cold and flu spike?
China's cold and flu season is in full swing. Images of full hospital waiting rooms...
Indi Gregory: Critically ill baby dies after life-support...
A critically ill baby at the centre of a legal battle has died after her life-support...
US veteran gets world's first eye transplant
Surgeons in New York say they have performed the world's first complete eye transplant...
Nitrous oxide: Laughing gas possession becomes illegal
Possession of nitrous oxide, also known as NOS, has become a criminal offence in...
Why are some doctors hesitant to prescribe hormone replacement...
Local therapies, which target a specific area of the body. Products are available...