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HPV puts 'strain' on millennial sex and dating
Changes to smear tests will mean more HPV diagnoses but there is concern over myths about the virus.
Period poverty: Schools urged to order free menstrual products
Period poverty campaigners are urging schools and colleges to opt-in to the new scheme in England.
Social media data needed for 'harm' research, say doctors
Understanding usage by children is key to studying potential harms and benefits, psychiatrists say.
Susan Warby death: Whistleblower letter to husband 'revealed blunders'
The hospital reportedly demanded fingerprints and samples of handwriting to find the whistleblower.
Stroke consultant shortage 'hurtling towards crisis'
Some 48% of hospitals in England, Wales and Northern Ireland do not have the staff they need, figures suggest.
'Alarming' one in five deaths due to sepsis
The most detailed study of sepsis shows it is a much bigger problem than previously thought.
Fundraising to communicate with our daughter
Provision of sign language courses for parents of deaf children is found to be "patchy".
Scotland bid to regulate beauty filler industry
A new licensing scheme will target non-healthcare professionals who carry out work such as lip enhancements.
'My sister died after taking a line of cocaine'
Research for the BBC by NHS Digital shows a huge rise in mental and physical illness linked to cocaine.
NHS tells betting firms to stop 'vicious gambling cycle'
Free bets and other incentives should be banned to make gambling safer, a letter to companies says.

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