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Why would a person pick a potential life partner without feeling the spark of sexual attraction? And can these relationships survive and thrive? Can sexual attraction be cultivated later? Therapist Ian Kerner shares what he's learned in his practice.
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'Body doubling' is a strategy people with ADHD can use to accomplish more than they would alone. Here's how to do it.
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Your attention span has shrunk by nearly two minutes in the past 20 years, driven in part by technology's hold over your work and home life, experts say. Here's how to stay focused so you can get things done.
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An expert in medication abortion describes how mifepristone and misoprostol work and what to expect after using these medications known as the "abortion pill."
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No air conditioning? Here are 14 methods for cooling your body and buffering your house from the outside heat.
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Human-caused climate change has already made heat waves around the world more frequent and intense.
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The increasing popularity of stylish, trendy athletic wear has made über-comfortable clothing something that's not just for the gym. It's infiltrated all corners of culture, from high fashion runways to the offices of Silicon Valley executives — and really, it's appropriate for any occasion when you just want to be comfortable.
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We leave behind our fears of monsters under the bed as we say goodbye to our childhoods, but one can follow us into adulthood and loom over our heads.
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Two 52 million-year-old bat skeletons discovered in an ancient lake bed in Wyoming are the oldest bat fossils ever found — and they reveal a new species.
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Since Tupperware, the iconic kitchen brand that's been a household name for decades, signaled recently that it might be going out of business, you might be wondering how long your stash of its food storage containers is safe to use — especially if it's vintage.
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It's a bird... It's a plane... It's a paper airplane!
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The rate of premature birth in the United States is climbing, according to the infant and maternal health nonprofit March of Dimes.
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Even before their daughter was born in June, Aaron and Helen Chavez knew she would need heart surgery. Doctors expected her to have an operation around 6 months of age.
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The first photo ever taken of a black hole looks a little sharper now.
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An experimental treatment, gantenerumab, failed to help people at high risk of memory loss from Alzheimer's or those who were in the early phases of the disease, the manufacturer said Monday.
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Higher Covid-19 vaccination rates among US children could prevent thousands of pediatric hospitalizations and millions of missed school days, according to an analysis published Tuesday by the Commonwealth Fund and the Yale School of Public Health.
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The respiratory virus season has started early in kids this year and flooded children's hospitals in many parts of the country -- especially with respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV.
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Chace, 11, from Warwickshire, has been supported by Shine a Light, a childhood cancer charity.
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Dr Claire Ashley shares her tip on the Woman's Hour Guide to Life.
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Women's health advocate Sophie Richards talks about dating now fiance Dillon Lewis.
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We try to figure out why drug deaths are at an all-time high - and what can be done.
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More than 50,000 people in the UK each month get a private prescription for medical cannabis.
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For Sophie Richards those early conversations were just part of the daunting prospect of finding love when you have endometriosis.
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Shingles vaccine to reduce dementia risk? Antibiotic resistant gonorrhoea & tech trousers
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We investigate the safety of melatonin as a sleep aid, and should you eat your placenta?
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Craig Parkins says years of hard work has "just gone up in smoke".
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Cystic fibrosis care, AI in cancer screening & science of run clubs.
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There are multiple ways for men to combat hair loss now, but should they have to?
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The Accounts Commission says the amount councils are spending on culture and leisure services is not keeping up with rising costs.
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The Grade-II listed St Dunstan's House has been converted into a health and wellbeing.
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For Sophie Richards those early conversations were just part of the daunting prospect of finding love when you have endometriosis.
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A hospice offers a free programme for those with life-limiting or serious progressive illnesses.
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Alex Allan says she feels "sad" that treatment for the condition has not moved forward in that time.
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The princess appeared on a podcast ahead of World Prematurity Day for premature birth research charity Borne.
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Patients' families were “horrified but not surprised” when told the blanket policy had been in place.
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Mum of premature twins says rigid restrictions on birthing wards during Covid were traumatic.
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A former Team GB athlete is calling for free sports bras and fittings for secondary school girls.
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Dawn Lord says she had no idea what was happening to her during her "traumatic" hysteroscopy.
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Sir Stephen Powis says points-based tool was drawn up should need to prioritise patients have arisen.
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The Covid inquiry restarts its live hearings this week, after senior staff in the NHS revealed just how close some hospitals were to collapse
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They said there was no support after the death and harm suffered by their loved ones.
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Former health secretary tells inquiry some healthcare settings did run out - "and it was awful".
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NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard says the decision, in July 2020, was very disappointing.
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Former cabinet minister says it would be ludicrous to suggest he tried to shortcut safety checks in the pandemic.
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Covid inquiry says hearings into the firm, led by Michelle Mone's husband, must be held in closed session.
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The stress test will involve thousands of people to help the UK prepare for potential future threats.
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The former health secretary was giving evidence about medical equipment deals during the pandemic.
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She says husband Doug Barrowman and her are targets of a "politically motivated witch hunt".
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Baroness Dido Harding tells Covid inquiry Rishi Sunak blocked higher support payments.
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In his diaries, Lord Vallance wrote that ex-PM thought rules were not ruthless enough.
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Relatives of care home residents tell the Covid inquiry they will never get over how their loved ones died.
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The Covid inquiry will examine the impact of the pandemic on care services, starting on Monday.
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The Inquiry hears from the lead of the test and trace unit
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With doctors returning to work after five-day walkout, is there an opportunity for talks to re-start?
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Former health secretary Matt Hancock denied claims the government's attempt to throw a protective ring around care homes in early 2020 was empty rhetoric.
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Resident doctors in England are striking between 14 and 19 November, in their 13th walkout since 2023.
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BMA says there is window of opportunity in coming weeks to reach a settlement after 12 strikes.
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But the health secretary says he will not negotiate on pay, adding that the union has lost goodwill with their five-day walkout.
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Experts call for an urgent review of obesity treatment services amid booming demand for weight loss jabs.
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Experts suggest that the number of people with ADHD is actually going to remain steady.
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The end of the pay dispute sounded too good to be true. And now some are wondering if it might be.
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People affected by rare blood clots say they feel they have been airbrushed out of the pandemic.
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The rise of these treatments has major implications for how we think about obesity, says James Gallagher.
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The proposed law would allow some terminally ill adults to end their own lives. But there are requirements.
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The BBC speaks to six people about their first cervical screening, and what they wish they'd known beforehand.
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The debate has sparked a wider dilemma about the broader purpose of welfare
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Laws in the Isle of Man to let terminally ill adults end their own lives are in the last stages of debate.
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Increasing numbers of young people are using the drug, experts say. The health impacts can be catastrophic.
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With public satisfaction in the NHS just 21%, one area has a plan to shake up its services that could reduce GP waiting lists, as well as unblock hospital beds - but can it really work nationwide?
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The disposable vape ban is designed to reduce environmental damage and protect children's health.
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Do you need to spend more to get the best for your chapped lips?
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Young people are taking dangerous amounts of ket because it's cheap, easily available and helps them "disconnect", experts say.
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Some social media influencers are pushing products to young gym-goers and students, health experts warn.
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As a study casts doubt on the daily steps maxim, we take a look at some other health benchmarks we’re often told to strive for.
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The government says it is taking action to protect people from “aggressive collection practices”.
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The soap actor meets families fighting for their children’s education for BBC Panorama.
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The NHS in England and Wales will start offering the MMRV vaccine to young children from January 2026.
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The former Spice Girl's new Netflix documentary has landed - under the shadow of a reported family feud.
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Mark Hutchinson was only 52 when he died unexpectedly last year after suffering two strokes "out of the blue".
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Gone are the days when facelifts were for the ageing wealthy. Now younger people are going under the knife.
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Psychologists subjected a BBC reporter to a carefully designed thermal camera stress test.
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How linked are financial worries and health? GPs in London are trialling a financial support scheme.
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One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.
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The global market in this supplement is worth almost £3bn - a figure set to nearly double over the next decade.
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Let's talk about sweat... From contestants on The Celebrity Traitors and scores of celebrities openly discussing it, to the trend of professionals using saunas for business meetings
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ChatGPT wrote a woman a suicide note and another AI chatbot role-played sexual acts with children, BBC finds.
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A BBC investigation finds kits on sale containing more than 500 times the legal limit of bleach.
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UK health officials are encouraging gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men to be vaccinated.
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A BBC investigation finds that a host of areas in England are closing waiting lists and others are rationing care.
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Watson co-discover the double-helix structure of DNA, but his reputation was later damaged by his comments on race and sex.
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In her first UK interview Megan Garcia speaks to Laura Kuenssberg about the death of her teenage son.
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A month since GPs in England started offering online appointment bookings, patients recount their experiences.
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Use our interactive tracker to see if treatment waits are getting better at your local hospital.
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You might not have heard of it, but can training your vagus nerve give you a moment or two of peace?
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Jacqui Hunter died less than 24 hours after being told that her daughter had died in the womb.
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The weather alert service warns the public when high or low temperatures could damage their health.
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Walking for at least 15 minutes without stopping is ideal, according to new research.
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A mum says she was not warned of the potentially life-threatening risks of a uterine rupture.
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An offer was made to avert the resident doctors' strike but the union said it did not go far enough.
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Adverts for cosmetic devices not registered with the medicines regulator must not make medical claims.
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The palliative care nurse was convicted of the murder of 10 patients, and the attempted murder of 27 others.
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If you're getting a pattern of milder, recurring headaches here are four things you can do to help manage it.
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Some 5.4 million adults use vapes daily or occasionally compared with 4.9 million using cigarettes, figures show.
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Rules about administering drugs such as Botox and Mounjaro have not kept up, says Wales' regulator.
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Surgical menopause is the immediate onset of menopause caused by the removal of both ovaries.
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Leading flu experts say they will not be surprised if this year's is the worst flu season for a decade.
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Cornelius Agoye was filmed supplying Botox to an undercover BBC researcher in a breach of the rules.
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It's easy to feel gloomy in winter, but here are three ways to help you manage the darker days and even embrace them.
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Brittany Miller is known for posting food and lifestyle content to her three-and-a-half million followers.
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Experts say patients are being harmed by cancer diagnosis and treatment delays.
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Closing submissions are being made in an employment tribunal brought by eight female nurses.
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The family of the Birds of a Feather actress say "she's still funny, she's talking, she's happy".
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At the end of September, the backlog stood at 7.39 million in England.
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Almost half of patients given a heart pump, after the NHS had raised concerns about it, died soon after.
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Health Secretary Wes Streeting says the five-day strike by resident doctors is "completely irresponsible".
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The Strictly runner-up says he began taking steroids because he was unhappy with his body.
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Health bosses says the UK often mirrors Australia a few months later.
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Some 380 hospice beds lie empty in England because of financial pressures, say bosses.
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William from Bath, has had his jaw rebuilt using his own ribs allowing him to breathe independently.
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The Princess of Wales tells business leaders about the importance of supporting families with young children.
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The UK turns to artificial intelligence (AI) to reverse the rising numbers of infections that shrug off antibiotics.
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The Foreign Office list now includes India, Morocco and Nepal following a "global increase" in reported cases.
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