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Your pint could come with a surprising health benefit

Drinking the odd pint of beer can provide "substantial levels" of an essential brain-boosting vitamin in your diet, according to new research in a...

Breast cancer type study ‘critically under-funded’

Silent vigils have been held by groups of women campaigning for more funding for lobular breast cancer research. Katie Swinburne, 50, from near Barnard Castle...

Hay fever misery does last longer – here is how to cope

Hay fever sufferers must now put up with symptoms for up to two weeks longer than they would have done in the 1990s, according...

Bird flu vaccine trial against potential pandemic strain begins

The first volunteers in the UK have been immunised with a vaccine to protect against a potential bird flu pandemic. The vaccine targets the H5N1...

Rogue sperm donor who says he’s fathered 180 children won’t be on child’s birth certificate

A prolific sperm donor who claims to have fathered 180 children around the world will not be able to have his name on one...

Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed

Children aged 17 or younger will face a lifelong ban on buying cigarettes, as the Tobacco and Vapes Bill clears Parliament. Both the Commons and...

Maternity boss ‘confident’ as unit reopens

The head of a maternity ward says she has full confidence that patients will be safe as it reopens. Maternity services and the Special Care...

‘Why is the NHS funding students if it can’t give them jobs?’ Anger over recruitment freeze

"A career for life" - this is what many students were told when applying for healthcare degrees. But a week ago, a trainee paramedic spoke...

Surgeon’s mesh surgery cost £20m in compensation

A disgraced surgeon whose artificial bowel mesh procedures injured more than 450 patients has cost the NHS more £20m in compensation payments, the BBC...

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