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Cancer x-ray services to be reviewed after serious diagnostic failures

Doctors 'wrong to assume type 1 diabetes is childhood illness'

Australia's new cervical cancer test 'much more sensitive' – Cancer Council

Doctor wins 2017 John Maddox prize for countering HPV vaccine misinformation

Ice Bucket Challenge co-founder dies after long battle with disease

NHS bosses say waiting time targets will have to be abandoned next year

More than half of American children set to be obese by age 35, study finds

I was falsely accused by an NHS whistleblower. It destroyed my career

How have you been affected by NHS cuts in England? Share your experiences

NHS leaders meet to discuss cutting services amid funding gap - live updates

Migraine drug could halve the length of attacks, study shows

How Poland’s far-right government is pushing abortion underground

Healthcare rationing: what does NHS England intend to do?

NHS plans to ration care access in bid to force through extra funding

One-third of UK dieters have used slimming pills bought online – report

NHS England board must now reaffirm their pledge on mental health treatment | Letters

John King obituary

The NHS is standing up for itself about underfunding. About time too | Rachel Clarke

Until hospitals learn from their mistakes, babies like my son will continue to die | James Titcombe

Calls for ban on Coca-Cola's Christmas truck tour over child health fears

Guardian Public Service Awards 2017: Congratulations to all our winners

Guardian Public Service Awards 2017 health and wellbeing winner: Highgate primary school

Guardian Public Service Awards 2017 digital and technology winner: Airedale NHS foundation trust

I've seen colleagues wear gloves to handle notes of patients with HIV. Why?

Malaria is back on the rise as lack of funds stalls push to wipe out disease

Marriage could help reduce risk of dementia, study suggests

China flushing out urban hygiene issues | Brief letters

Hunt 'risking repeat of junior doctors' row' with plan to change NHS pay

Viagra will be available over the counter in UK, says medicines regulator

Testosterone could explain why asthma is more common in women than men

The NHS is not immune to sexual harassment. It happened to #metoo | Rachel Clarke

Why is mental illness so often blamed for US mass shootings? | Mary O’Hara

Four out of five full-term baby deaths in UK could be prevented, says study

Children seeing up to 12 adverts for junk food an hour on TV, study finds

Hard Brexit would hit 142 Irish cross-border agreements

Vaginal mesh operations should be banned, health watchdog to say

Men are putting on weight – and the diagnosis is grim | Neil Boom

When a deaf singer gets death threats from other deaf people, something’s wrong | Josh Salisbury

Blow to tobacco control treaty as industry wins tax fight in south-east Asia

The fear factor: how should we deal with alarmist health reporting?

People with disabilities have the right to good health too | Fiona Ritchie

Two-thirds of children referred for mental healthcare in England not treated

NHS urges parents to vaccinate flu 'super-spreader' children

Inexperienced doctors are being left in charge of A&Es, regulator warns

How to avoid blame for the underfunding of the NHS | Letters

Tobacco mea culpa: companies to run 'corrective statements' on smoking

Is being a chef bad for your mental health?

UK mulls tougher laws to protect women from abortion clinic protesters

Brexit, borders and brains | Daniel Glaser

Senior Tories in budget backlash over NHS and social care cash

Woman awarded £9m damages for care of son who 'should not have been born'

Millions of men suffer in silence after sexual abuse. How can we help them better? | David Lisak

It wasn’t feminist theory that cured my anorexia – it was having something to eat for

When a woman can control when she has children, she can control her future | Chris Turner

Hammond backtracked on funding after 'fury' at NHS boss's demands

Call for all children to receive MMR vaccine after measles outbreak

'It's just soul destroying': when pelvic surgery goes wrong

Scores of women say top UK surgeon left them with traumatic complications

May won't agree to pay costs of Manchester attack, says Burnham

My wife flies into uncontrollable rages with me and the children

Kidney disease drug recommended by Nice 'may do more harm than good'

We're living longer but in poorer health, warns thinktank

My prescription for dejected doctors? Stop harking back to a golden age that never was | Clare Gerada

Mortuary errors 'avoidable if bodies treated like living patients'

Whirlpool named ‘worst offender’ for white goods fires in London

Children with mental health problems 'guaranteed' treatment in four weeks

Conservatives will break NHS funding pledge, Labour claims

The Guardian view on NHS spending: what’s enough? | Editorial

The Guardian view on cheering health news: wake up and drink the coffee | Editorial

Budget decisions that are urgent matters of life and death | Letters

Teenybopper’s first love was David Cassidy | Letters

Rita Ora: I had my eggs frozen in my early 20s

Campaigner: I received rape and death threats after gender-neutral speech

Why are Germany's midwives feeling squeezed out?

Alan Dickinson obituary

If air pollution is deforming sperm, will men finally take it seriously? | Jenny Jones

I got a 'don't block my drive' note on my ambulance: this is what happened next

When specialists and GPs don't communicate, the patient suffers | Ranjana Srivastava

Three coffees a day linked to a range of health benefits

Budget's £1.6bn cash boost for NHS less than half of experts’ advice

Prescribed reading: Five of the best books from doctors

'Forget stamp duty, we need a pay rise' – people respond to the budget

Hammond boosts housing and NHS spending as growth forecasts are slashed

The media has a problem with alcoholism

Jeremy Hunt gets into Twitter row over NHS with actor Ralf Little

Doctors 'overprescribe drugs due to fears of facing complaints'

Weatherwatch: the winds that brought good or ill health

Doctor's diary This is Going to Hurt wins public vote for book of the year

Sugar industry withheld research effects of sucrose 50 years ago, study claims

Jeremy Hunt accused of 'astonishing failure' after GP numbers fall by 1,190

Is the NHS being taken for a ride on drug prices? We need to know | Nils Pratley

This isn’t the start of an NHS crisis – it’s far worse | Jan Filochowski

Scotland's minimum pricing for alcohol to take effect in May 2018

Ray James: ‘I want those still in care to tell their truths to people like me’

Building houses and saving the NHS: how Lib Dems would tackle this budget | Vince Cable

Finance trumps patients at every level – UK healthcare needs an inquiry | Aseem Malhotra

Drug firm Concordia overcharged NHS with 6,000% price rise

Vitamin D may help prevent rheumatoid arthritis, suggests study

Budget boost for NHS to fall well short of management demands

The healthcare gender bias: do men get better medical treatment?