Is it time for ‘smear test’ to be rebranded?
Image copyright Getty Images The government has launched its first cervical screening advertising campaign in England, as the numbers of...
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Amazon withdraws painted children’s drinking tumblers
Image caption The toxic substance was found in paint close to the rim where the risk of ingesting it was...
NHS patients in England to be offered free tampons
Image copyright Getty Images Women and girls in hospital who need sanitary protection will be offered free tampons and other...
Public health ‘improving under councils despite cuts’
Image copyright Getty Images Councils in England say there has been a marked improvement in public health since they took...
Canada appeals court orders tobacco firms to pay billions in damages
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Canadian cigarette packs must carry warnings A Canadian court has upheld the bulk of...
Vaccination deniers gaining traction, NHS boss warns
Image copyright Getty Images The head of NHS England has warned that "vaccination deniers" are gaining traction on social media...
Rebecca Henderson: Rucksack heart woman dies after transplant
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption'I carry my heart in a rucksack'A woman who carried an artificial...
Quick pregnancy safe after stillbirth, study finds
Image copyright Getty Images There is no reason to delay having another baby after a stillbirth, research in the Lancet...
Shropshire baby deaths: Families could pull out of inquiry
Image copyright Richard Stanton Image caption Rhiannon Davies pictured with her daughter Kate, who was born at Ludlow Community Hospital...
Adolescent health: Teens ‘more depressed and sleeping less’
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Anti-social behaviour was down in 14-year-old boys and girls between 2005 and 2015 Adolescents...
Semi-identical twins ‘identified for only the second time’
Image copyright Queensland University of Technology Image caption The egg is thought to have been fertilised simultaneously by two sperm...
