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‘Having coeliac disease aged 9 means I’m normal with a tiny twist’

Nine-year-old Eliza’s mum says she was relieved when her daughter was diagnosed with the disease.

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I spent five months in a mother and baby mental health unit – here’s what I want mums to know

Sofii Lewis was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis tendencies and OCD after giving birth.

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I spent five months in a mother and baby mental health unit – here’s what I want mums to know

Sofii Lewis was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis tendencies and OCD after giving birth.

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Five questions that still need answering about the meningitis outbreak

The size and speed of the outbreak which has now affected 29 people, killing two of them, has been labelled “unprecedented”.

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Meningitis B: Your questions answered

BBC Health reporter Smitha Mundasad answers your questions on meningitis B

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Thousands get meningitis vaccine as experts wait to see outbreak peak

The outbreak, which has killed two people, is thought to have originated at a Canterbury nightclub.

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‘I feel so grateful to be alive,’ Kent University meningitis survivor says

Annabelle Mackay, 21, has spoken to the BBC about her experience surviving meningitis.

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Lab-grown food pipe offers new hope for young patients

UK scientists have grown fully functioning food pipes and successfully transplanted them into mini pigs, paving the way for human trials.

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Lab-grown food pipe offers new hope for young patients

UK scientists have grown fully functioning food pipes and successfully transplanted them into mini pigs, paving the way for human trials.

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I went to bed with a sore ear, meningitis put me in a coma

Mark McNamee did not know he had meningitis until he woke up in hospital after being in an induced coma.

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