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Helen Underwood has Lynch syndrome, a little-known genetic condition that raises the risk of certain cancers by up to 80%
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Medicinal cannabis helped get my life back after endometriosis forced me to quit my job
A bad flare-up left former lifeguard Charlie James, 28, bed-bound – but after obtaining medical cannabis privately she’s now returned to the world of work
'I thought I had long Covid but it was testosterone deficiency caused by the 'male menopause''
Simon, 51, suffered with fatigue and brain fog and has struggled to lose weight
'Our baby died of Strep B, a £15 test could have saved him'
Hannah and Tim Taylor-Smith lost their son Zac just hours after his birth. Now they are calling for national screening of pregnant women for GBS – which kills about one newborn child a week
'My four-year-old walks like he is drunk': The devastating impact of long Covid on children
Professor Sir Terence Stephenson estimates there may be up to 700,000 teenagers affected
Marathon runner developed heart failure aged 30 after a sore throat in rare complication
Alan Day was diagnosed with tonsilitis then collapsed unconcious – doctors said his throat infection had spread to his heart and was causing it to fail
Approval of Covid antibody drug Ronapreve hailed 'positive news' for vulnerable patients
Chris Sheasby, one of an estimated 500,000 immunocompromised people in the UK, said ‘it’s a relief’
'They accidentally cut my bladder out during my C-section' says victim of Nottingham maternity scandal
Felicity Benyon was left with a permanent urostomy bag after the mistake at Queen’s Medical Centre
'I was diagnosed with breast cancer days before my 18th birthday'
Imogen Neivens is one of the youngest people in the UK to be diagnosed with the disease
Mum's warning as 'common bug' during pregnancy left baby unable to walk or talk
Helen Harrison is calling for screening in newborns for congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV), which damages 1,000 babies in the UK each year
The drug that makes little people taller: Advancement or an insult to ‘dwarf pride’?
The drug vosoritide has raised hope that it can help children with the most common form of dwarfism lead easier lives, but some say the condition is not a problem that needs a cure
Woman facing paralysis from rare form of endometriosis first UK patient to have pioneering op
Sarah Sparkes spent four years suffering with pain until she was diagnosed with sciatic endometriosis, of which there are just 70 recorded cases
The people who can't shake off Covid-19 – 'Week nine and I'm back in bed'
An expert says a small but significant number of people are suffering from the ‘long tail’ form of the virus
Covid-19 linked Kawasaki-like disease is rare - but more cases likely
A paediatric consultant says doctors are being urged to report recent past cases and new ones may emerge from a second wave
National shortage of HRT and contraception harming 'thousands of women'
Cancer survivor Sara Morton was forced to go a month without HRT as leading doctors call on the government to tackle the issue
Mum with paralysed stomach vomiting 40 times a day told to fund own £18K surgery
Amy Burton, who has gastroparesis, has seen her weight plummet – but can’t get surgery on NHS because of 50% success rate
'I begged for a C-section but the medics said no and I lost my precious boy'
Kamaljit Uppal claims she wasn’t allowed a Cesarean until after her baby went into distress at scandal hit Shrewsbury Hospital
Cystic fibrosis sufferers' anger at being forced to pay £20k for drug
Patients have formed a buyers’ club to source a version of Orkambi after the drug’s manufacturer and the NHS locked horns in a price war
Dad, 36, whose 'stitch' was bowel cancer can't get drug on NHS
Adam Cattermole has been told his best chance is a drug called Avastin which costs £20,000 for every three-month course
'I put my déjà vu down to stress – but I had a brain tumour'
Emeline Gilhooley, 21, had life-saving brain surgery while she was awake to avoid surgeons paralysing her
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