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Study links PMS with perinatal depression

Women with premenstrual disorders are much more likely to have birth-related depression, researchers say.

What is assisted dying and how could the law change?

A proposed law would let terminally ill people in England and Wales choose to end their life.

Could assisted dying be coming to Scotland?

MSPs will get the chance to make Scotland the first part of the UK to let people legally end their lives.

Woman saw 20 doctors before endometriosis diagnosis

Dearbhail Ormond was diagnosed with endometriosis after seeing 20 doctors across 18 years.

Wrong patient fitted with coil after Caesarean

Other so-called never events include a patient almost having the wrong toe amputated during surgery.

The families borrowing to pay for care

Like TV presenter Kate Garraway, other families are struggling with the cost of care.

Girl, 10, left inoperable after surgery axed seven times

The curvature of Eva Tennent's spine is now so severe that mum Jill Lockhart fears she will not survive.

Katie Price warns about ‘damaging’ plastic surgery

The model says women have cosmetic procedures younger than she did, and they all look like "aliens".

Council spending on special needs transport doubles

The rising cost of getting children to school is a key driver of current pressure on council budgets.

Council spending on special needs transport doubles

The rising cost of getting children to school is a key driver of current pressure on council budgets.