Mental health issues and back and neck pain have contributed to the rise in long-term sickness.
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One patient says the treatment reduced the "tiny traumas" she has gone through during the illness.
Rhiannon Morgan has grown used to people making comments or asking if her condition is contagious.
A young woman with a rare disease says she is not being supported to have any quality of life.
Psychiatrists and mental health charities say digital therapies are no substitute for one-to-one care.
Researcher Joseph Dituri has been living underwater in the Florida Keys for more than 70 days.
Trials are taking place in Cambridge, where the technology was developed.
The BMA said talks with the government were deadlocked and their final pay offer was unacceptable.
Tanya Ednan-Laperouse and Emma Turay say more needs to be done as the deaths were "preventable".