Alarming number of people now vape, says WHO
More than 100 million people, including at least 15 million children, use e-cigarettes, fuelling a new wave of nicotine addiction, say experts.
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First-year resident doctors back strike action over jobs shortage
British Medical Association say 30,000 medics were chasing 10,000 jobs this year.
Dad’s frustration over stillbirth report delay
Bereaved Thomas and Ewa Hender are querying why a report completed 18 months ago is only now available.
Can England’s rugby heroes inspire more girls to stay in sport?
Sports groups hope England Women's Rugby World Cup success can boost girls playing sport.
‘My baby’s brain tumour symptoms were dismissed as colic’
A mum whose 12-week-old baby underwent emergency surgery for a brain tumour calls for better awareness.
Collagen: Do you drink it? Inject it? Rub it on your skin? And does it work?
Pills, powders and creams promise to top up natural supplies which decrease as we get older.
New inquests open into jailed surgeon’s patients
The coroner opens the inquests into the deaths of Pauline Brown and Jennifer Fox.
Nurses and pharmacists endangering patients by supplying illegal Botox
An undercover BBC team catch a fake doctor, a pharmacist and a nurse supplying Botox illegally without checks.
Streeting rules out VAT on private healthcare
The health secretary says "it's not happening", as ministers face questions about the prospect of tax rises.
