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'I have chronic cancer but I'm not going to die' - BBC presenter Maryam Moshiri
Moshiri was diagnosed in November 2024 with polycythaemia vera (PV), after her GP noticed irregularities in blood test…
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Powerlifter wins golds despite endometriosis pain
Lhamo Weston says it's important to be open about competing with endometriosis
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BBC News presenter reveals she has blood cancer
Maryam Moshiri tells the BBC she wanted to reveal her diagnosis to raise awareness about the cancer.
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Helping stoma bag users to swim with confidence
The Royal United Hospital in Bath has set up swimming sessions for stoma bag users.
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The Global Story
The US is an outlier in its approach to prosecuting infanticide. Why?
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Transplanted pig kidney works in US man's body for record 271 days
A man has lived for a record nine months with a transplanted pig kidney while waiting for a human transplant.
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New GP and wellbeing hub 'a major milestone'
The £21m hub brings together primary care, community wellbeing and leisure services in one location.
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Why 'sleepmaxxing' could be making your sleep worse
The things you're doing to make your sleep better could actually be making your sleep worse.
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Ryan Jones: Unbreakable
Rugby legend Ryan Jones talks candidly about his early-onset dementia diagnosis.
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Moral Maze
Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
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A&E patients ending up in 'corridors and cupboards'
A consultant tells the Scotcast podcast that A&E patients ending in 'corridors and cupboards'.
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Social media 'spiral' found after sister's death
A woman whose 13-year-old sister took her own life says the "spiral that she was going through" was evident from her…
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Children as young as six going to A&E in mental health crisis
NHS emergency departments are seeing more cases of self-harm, eating disorders and emotional distress in young people.
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Former nurse dies amid dementia drug shortages
Pearl Roche died with dementia weeks after her family struggled to get supplies of her medication.
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Heart trial after breast cancer has 'improved my life'
Lucy Shepherd is one of 90 women to take part in a trial helping cancer survivors come off medication.
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Menopausal women pose as men to buy testosterone online after prescription difficulties
One menopause specialist says she has seen women with up to 12 times the safe level of the hormone.
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Urine test can spot more than nine in 10 bladder cancers
The NHS has been trialling the test and says the results so far are truly promising.
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Baby Tommy's our 'light', says grieving family of newborn whose mum died in childbirth
Chelsea McGillivray, from Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, fell into cardiac arrest during labour after what was believed…
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People Fixing The World
What can be done to prevent, detect and treat the silent killer, sepsis?
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'I'm on a mission to convince people to work less'
Jo Hooper spent her 20s chasing career success, but had two work-related breakdowns before she was 31.
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New home means 'big ambitions' for wood enterprise
Wolverhampton Wood Recycling's bigger premises will bring more volunteers together, its founders say.
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What are the symptoms of Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder?
The disorder may affect hundreds of thousands of people in the UK, but many face significant delays in getting a…
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NHS bosses warn of chaos in ADHD and autism care
Costs are spiralling out of control as unregulated private providers capitalise on demand, say managers.
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Hypermobility - the little-known 'bendy disease' that causes pain and fatigue
The disorder may affect hundreds of thousands in the UK, but many face delays in getting a diagnosis.
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Does salmonella come from salmon?
More people have become ill in an outbreak of salmonella food poising.
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'Take care of yourself now'
Grammy award-winning soprano Angel Bluehow discusses how a recent health diagnosis has affected her.
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UK salmonella cases nearing 500 as egg investigations continue
Close to 500 people have become ill with salmonella linked to imported eggs, say UK authorities who are investigating…
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Vaping best way to quit smoking, new study finds
A team looked at 80 major trials involving nearly 30,000 people and found that nicotine vapes were more effective than…
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PMOS clinics 'good start, but more can be done'
Jersey's government launches a three-month trial clinic to help women with the ovarian syndrome.
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Treatment involving patient's family cuts mental health hospital admissions, study finds
The approach focuses on the patient priorities, seeing the same clinicians, and involving people close to them.
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World's first patient to undergo live AI-assisted brain surgery has tumour removed
Without brain surgery guided by live AI assistance, Rhys Hibbert could have lost his sight to a tumour.
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HPV home-testing kits now available in England
Over the next year, nearly four million will receive invites on the NHS App or via text message, email or letter to…
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Man completes half marathon after two heart attacks
Peter Franklin was fighting for his life in hospital after suffering a heart attack 24 hours after arriving in the…
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Mum's perforated bowel ordeal after scan error
Mum developed sepsis after scan error and now calls for better postnatal care for women.
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Heavy periods study to create world's largest biobank
It will the create world's largest menstrual fluid biobank to improve treatment of heavy periods.
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