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Women take legal action over breast implant cancer link
Twenty UK women are taking legal action over a rare type of breast implant-related cancer.
Patients who cannot eat food 'fear for lives'
Problems making "liquid nutrition" have led to a national emergency, the NHS says.
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre 'may lose proton beam therapy'
Aging proton beam technology at Clatterbridge Cancer Centre may not be replaced, health bosses warn.
'Hundreds' seek private clinics for medical cannabis
Private cannabis clinics have now opened in the UK, charging up to £800 per month for prescriptions.
Ipswich Hospital blackout caused by faulty battery
Ipswich Hospital was affected during the UK-wide power outage last Friday.
Dental surgeons urge England's schools to go sugar-free
They say tackling tooth decay - which affects a quarter of five-year-olds - is a priority.
Lyme disease: Older white women 'at highest risk'
White older women in south-west England appear most likely to contract the disease, a study suggests.
Drug deaths soar to highest level on record
A government adviser blames cuts to treatment programmes as the death toll hit 2,917 in 2018.
Social-media use 'disrupting teen sleep and exercise'
Checking sites multiple times a day means less time is spent on healthy activities, a UK study suggests.
Deaths by suicide and drugs highest among Generation X
People born in the 1960s and 70s stand out as the generation most likely to die by suicide or drug poisoning, data shows.

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