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Riskiest skin cancer cases hit UK record high

The number of new melanoma skin cancer cases diagnosed in a year has risen above 20,000 for the first time in the UK. The charity...

Toilets and changing rooms must be used on basis of biological sex, guidance confirms

Single-sex spaces - such as changing rooms, toilets and hospital wards - must be used on the basis of biological sex, new guidance from...

Gonorrhoea and syphilis hit record levels in Europe

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including gonorrhoea and syphilis have hit record levels in Europe, according to new data. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and...

Why illegal children’s homes are being paid up to £2m per child by councils

The bungalow doesn't look much like a children's home. A sheet of privacy film wrongly placed outside a window is peeling. Inside, the wallpaper...

Scheme to trial scrapping fit notes to get people back to work

GP fit notes declaring people unable to work will be replaced with support to help them stay in their job, under a government pilot...

‘Adenomyosis may be invisible, its impact is not’

At least one in 10 women live with adenomyosis, a womb condition which can cause heavy, painful and irregular periods with one sufferer saying...

Ebola may be spreading faster than first thought, WHO doctor warns

An Ebola outbreak which has killed at least 131 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo may be spreading faster than originally thought, a...

‘New cancer test makes me feel women’s health matters’

A patient said she felt women's health was being taken seriously by a hospital after it began trialling a new and less invasive test...

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