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‘My cancer was dismissed as a pulled muscle’

Former footballer Mel Tottoh was diagnosed with myeloma after months of rib and back pain.

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Cervical screening changes set to start in Jersey

New testing methods which are more accurate than previous tests lead to the changes.

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Menopause among topics for free women’s event

The free Wolverhampton session is aimed at showing women what support is available, organisers say.

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Hospices are at centre of debate over assisted dying bill – what do they think?

As MPs debate whether to legalise assisted dying, we speak to those providing end-of-life care.

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Sainsburys and Morrisons told to stop tobacco ads

The government has written to the supermarkets to say the adverts are banned by a law passed in 2002.

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My dad gave me a kidney – now I can have my dream wedding

Kieran Innes was worried he would have to curtail his future plans when his kidneys failed.

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I quit TikTok to avoid eating disorder relapse

Eve Jones, who had anorexia, says banning “skinnytok” only scratches the surface of a larger issue.

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I’m an NHS leader – but mum still suffered at hands of health service because she was black

NHS Confederation chair Lord Adebowale says his mother’s death illustrates inequalities in the system.

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Mood swings fuelled Heston Blumenthal’s genius. But the highs got higher and the lows got darker

A new BBC documentary looks at how a diagnosis of bipolar disorder at 57 changed the celebrity chef’s life.

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Mood swings fuelled Heston Blumenthal’s genius. But the highs got higher and the lows got darker

A new BBC documentary looks at how a diagnosis of bipolar disorder at 57 changed the celebrity chef’s life.

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