Summer Clarke, now 26, was given a 10% chance to live, with her family told to say their "goodbyes" when she suffered a spontaneous brain haemorrhage.

Woman who suffered stroke at 24 and given 10% chance to live ‘could sing before speaking’

It comes as a poll of 1,800 adults in England found that almost one in four (23%) had found inaccuracies or missing details in their medical records.

Medical record errors ‘putting patients at risk’

Health campaigners have called on the Government to take urgent action to protect infants and young children following a study that found top brands are selling sugar-heavy, nutritionally poor baby food.

Infants and young children should be protected from sugar-heavy unhealthy baby food, campaigners say

NHS is rolling out an injectable form of the injectable form of the immunotherapy nivolumab, which can be given in three to five minutes and works for 15 different cancers, such as lung, bowel, kidney, bladder, oesophageal, skin and head and neck cancer

NHS becomes first health service in Europe to offer new cancer jab

A jogger runs in Preston Park, in Brighton, south of England, at sunrise.

Cancer patients should be prescribed exercise to help counter side-effects of treatment, researchers say

A busy hospital with doctors, nurses and staff busy at work in an accident and emergency ward in a British hospital

NHS patients 'more likely to die' when not enough nurses on wards

Young child drinking fizzy drink through a straw

What is sugar tax and how does it work?

Drinking white wine and Champagne could drive down the risk of sudden cardiac arrest, according to new research

Drinking white wine and Champagne ‘could reduce risk of cardiac arrest’

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Male health workers should be allowed to perform breast screenings amid staff shortages, experts say

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Milkshakes and dairy substitute drinks could face sugar tax under government proposals

The NHS could test children at gender clinics for autism.

NHS may test children referred to gender clinics for autism and ADHD, leaked plans reveal

Medical technician preparing a human blood sample for clinical testing.

Blood test for 'bad cholesterol' could more accurately predict heart disease risk, study finds

UPFs have been linked to thousands of deaths every year

Thousands of UK deaths every year linked to ultra-processed foods

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NHS app reform leads to 1.5 million fewer appointments being missed, ministers reveal

2,010 UK adults found the NHS was among the top concerns for the public.

Tough policies to transform health not viewed as ‘nanny-statism’, poll reveals

The injectable weight-loss drug Ozempic

What you need to know about weight loss jabs and how to make them work effectively

Heavy drinking was one of the three risky behaviours assessed.

Age when party lifestyle starts to take its toll revealed - and it's sooner than you might think

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Miracle of baby 'born twice' after mother undergoes life-saving womb operation