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‘I could live 30 years – but want to die’: Has assisted dying in Canada gone too far?

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‘I could live 30 years – but want to die’: Has assisted dying in Canada gone too far?

awais May 8, 2025

Fergus Walsh Medical editor Camilla Horrox Global health producer BBC April Hubbard sits on the theatre stage...

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Doctors told my mum poison symptoms were anxiety – Essex woman

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Doctors told my mum poison symptoms were anxiety – Essex woman

awais May 7, 2025

Neve Gordon-Farleigh BBC News, Essex Jamie Niblock/BBC Ellena Baxter says witnessing her mother suffer was “devastating” The...

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Coventry big baby trial gives pregnant women choice

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Coventry big baby trial gives pregnant women choice

awais May 7, 2025

Amy Cole BBC Midlands Today Shannen Headley BBC News, West Midlands BBC Eve Morgan took part in...

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Essex teenager left unable to eat due to rare digestive condition

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Essex teenager left unable to eat due to rare digestive condition

awais May 7, 2025

Stuart Woodward BBC News, Essex Steve Hubbard/BBC Finley has received weekly lipid infusions directly into his heart...

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Swapped at birth: How a home DNA test finally revealed the truth

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Swapped at birth: How a home DNA test finally revealed the truth

awais May 7, 2025

Family handout Susan was no more than puzzled when she saw the first results from her home...

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Programme for government: John Swinney vows action on GP appointment ‘lottery’

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Programme for government: John Swinney vows action on GP appointment ‘lottery’

awais May 6, 2025

Angus Cochrane BBC Scotland News PA Media John Swinney moved the announcement forward ahead of next year’s...

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Gloves do not replace hand hygiene – reminder from WHO

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Gloves do not replace hand hygiene – reminder from WHO

awais May 6, 2025

Hand hygiene is one of the most effective, affordable and universal tools we have to prevent the...

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The pioneering child development study monitoring babies’ brains

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The pioneering child development study monitoring babies’ brains

awais May 6, 2025

Victoria Gill Science correspondent Kevin Church/BBC News Researchers are using specially designed games and brain-scanning ‘hats’ to...

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Huntington’s disease: North Scotland among highest rates in world

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Huntington’s disease: North Scotland among highest rates in world

awais May 6, 2025

Laura Goodwin and Ken Banks BBC Scotland Brian Watt, with dog Winnie, says he tries to have...

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Doctors in two end-of-life cases can be named, says Supreme Court

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Doctors in two end-of-life cases can be named, says Supreme Court

awais May 5, 2025

Jim Reed BBC News Reporting fromSupreme Court, London Pamela Tickell BBC News, North East and Cumbria PA...

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