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‘When I was 14 I thought I was dying’

BBC Radio Sheffield presenter Ellie Colton’s symptoms of endometriosis started when she was a young teenager. But she wasn’t diagnosed until she was 24.

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Endometriosis: ‘I thought I was dying’

The BBC’s Ellie Colton shares her experience of living with endometriosis – and meets a scientist hoping to cut the length of time it takes to be diagnosed with a simple new test.

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Hundreds of children die within months as measles cases soar in Bangladesh

The country has recorded more than 60,000 suspected cases of measles in just over two months.

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‘My daughter went into hospital to get better – now she’s dead’

Mental health patients say nobody listened to their concerns about a north-east England trust.

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‘We knew somebody would die’: Teenage patients ‘ignored’ before fatal NHS trust failures

Mental health patients say nobody listened to their concerns about a north-east England trust.

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Australia confirms first diphtheria death amid worst outbreak in decades

Most cases are in the Northern Territory with some also in Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland.

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PCOS name change ‘more representative of condition’

Health experts in Jersey say the change helps people realise it is not an ovaries-only condition.

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Excessive social media ‘negatively impacts wellbeing’

The World Happiness Reports finds the more time spent on social media the greater loss of wellbeing.

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Excessive social media ‘negatively impacts wellbeing’

The World Happiness Reports finds the more time spent on social media the greater loss of wellbeing.

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From decades to years – AI could speed search for brain drugs hiding in plain sight

Researchers hope the work will help identify affordable, effective drugs to treat conditions like MND.

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