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'Dementia tax' ready to hit the rocks

Older person

Queen's Speech promises reform of social care, but stops short of spelling out how.

  • 21 June 2017
  • From the section UK
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How to make labour wards safer

Experts identify the actions needed by reviewing all recent baby deaths and injuries on UK maternity wards.

  • 21 June 2017
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Let pets on hospital wards, nurses say

Nurses are calling for more pets and therapy-animals to help patients recover on wards.

  • 21 June 2017
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Breast implants 'skew heart attack test'

  • 21 June 2017
  • From the section Health

Older fathers have 'geekier sons'

  • 20 June 2017
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Cholesterol jab to stop heart disease

  • 20 June 2017
  • From the section Health
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Safe sex revolution

Why condoms in Thailand are named after this man

  • 20 June 2017
  • From the section Magazine

Sport 'My cancer came back'

Footballer Joe Thompson describes his battle with cancer

  • 8 June 2017
  • From the section Sport

Rehydrating the bodies

Mexican doctor's mission to identify the dead

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Blind man's crusade

Teaching blind people self defence in Scotland

The long and short of it

What is female-pattern baldness?

  • 1 June 2017
  • From the section UK

Poison pill

The letter that helped start the opioid crisis

Analysis

Is NHS rationing a possibility?

Hugh Pym Health editor
  • 7 June 2017
  • From the section Health

Tory care plan: Why many will pay more

Nick Triggle Health correspondent
  • 18 May 2017
  • From the section Health

Whose election promise adds up for the NHS?

Hugh Pym Health editor
  • 18 May 2017
  • From the section Health

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