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The broadcaster tells the BBC she will consider assisted dying if her lung cancer treatment fails.

Gill Castle, from Northumberland, is using her experience of having a stoma to help women in Kenya.

Most adults may need to start paying for care to protect free support for others, a think tank says.

The government says it cannot make a decision on compensation after losing a key vote on the scandal.

More than 3,000 doctors in Wales could take part after 98% of those who voted supported a walkout.

Veoza, or fezolinetant, a non-hormonal daily pill, works on the brain's temperature-control centre.

Alison Norman is scared she may lose her strength and independence.

Care home staff say they feel exploited and trapped by the firm that brought them to the UK to work.

Modernising the law and training for door staff are also among measures announced by the government.

Author Ellie Middleton on her late ADHD and autism diagnoses.

In an exclusive interview, the ex-Tory peer says she and her husband were made "scapegoats" for PPE failings.

A lot of us know someone who has felt pretty rough with the most recent form of the virus.

The north-west of England service says repeat medication orders on bank holidays add unnecessary pressure.

The number of people waiting for an autism diagnosis is up 50% over the past 12 months.

Start-up firms are producing new sweeteners but will they be able to compete with sugar?

Catherine Hudson, 54, and Charlotte Wilmot, 48, conspired to unlawfully drug a patient at a hospital.

The patient was taken to hospital in severe pain after he pinched his nose and closed his mouth.

The UK's largest retailer says a batch of Christmas stuffing may be "unfit for human consumption",

NHS leaders say patients in England are at risk due to dangerous delays in the emergency care system.

Nadine Richards says living in mouldy and damp conditions has taken a toll on her family's health.

Regulators around the world have questioned the high price set by Vertex Pharmaceuticals.

Calls for change stem from the family of a teenager who died after an allergic reaction to a meal out.

Many people quit smoking, but there was an increase in young adults who took it up, researchers say.

Better treatments and even a cure for hyperemesis gravidarum could be on the horizon, researchers say.

Two-thirds of new mothers have been forced into "tough choices" due to 25% price rise, a survey says.

The digital expansion follows the success of the Covid vaccination programme, NHS England says.

A paramedic crew invites the BBC to experience a day on the front line of the NHS as winter arrives.

Dame Laura Kenny says women struggle to get pregnant because of the athlete lifestyle.

The serial killer is removed from the nursing register by a panel which heard she maintains her innocence.

Campaigners in Norfolk and Suffolk say lessons are not being learned after thousands of unexpected deaths.

A Taliban ban led to a 95% drop in Afghan poppy cultivation, a UN report finds.

Rishi Sunak defends the scheme and says advisers and ministers had "ample" chances to raise concerns.

Arriving amongst protests, Rishi Sunak defends his time as chancellor during the pandemic, as he gives evidence to the Covid inquiry.

UK health officials said enhanced surveillance would continue over the coming weeks, as a precaution.

How much did the scheme help the economy and affect the spread of Covid?

Rules are being drawn up to improve patient safety following some concerns about the non-doctor jobs.

There are concerns signs of cancer in pregnant women are being dismissed as pregnancy symptoms.

A High Court case is looking at whether universities owe a duty of care towards their students.

The model for an end to tobacco had been pushed for decades by New Zealand's Indigenous people.

Many people wait until the new year to join a gym or start running - but now might be the best time.

In London, ministers have been in the spotlight whereas the Scottish inquiry has focused on the victims.

Steelworkers in need of cash were among the men of Merthyr Tydfil who became medical guinea pigs.

A hospital nurse tells of her experience after her "overwhelming" Parkinson's disease diagnosis.

The former prime minister says he offered counter arguments but ultimately acted to curb Covid.

A high-profile lawyer disputes a council's claim that public urination is littering.

The wife of a man diagnosed with terminal brain cancer says their lives have become a nightmare.

A test is available in Brighton to determine if babies could lose their hearing from an antibiotic.

Proteins in blood reflect how well the brain, heart and other major organs are faring, say scientists.

Olly Cartmill was 13kg when he had the life-saving operation, getting a kidney from his grandmother.