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When doctors said her youngest child would be a girl, Amie Schofield chose the name Victoria. Then they said the child would be a boy, so she switched to Victor. It turned out neither was exactly right. The blue-eyed baby was intersex, with both male and female traits. And so she and her husband decided […]

In 2016, the UK’s chief medical officers recommended men and women drink no more than 14 units of alcohol a week, but a BBC Panorama investigation found just 14 of 100 alcoholic products carried that information. Clare Hutton almost died from drinking too much alcohol, and her husband was told she would have had 10

Some low-income adults in California living in the country illegally will soon get their health benefits paid for by taxpayers. Democrats in the state Legislature on Sunday agreed to make adults between the ages of 19 and 25 eligible for the state’s Medicaid program. Not everyone will get those benefits, only people whose incomes are

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionClare Hutton almost died from drinking too much alcohol; her husband was told she would have had 10 days left to live The alcohol industry has not updated health information labelling three years after health experts issued new guidelines, the BBC has found. In 2016, the UK’s

Image copyright Getty Images Tweaking sleeping habits can shift people’s body clocks and improve their wellbeing, say scientists in the UK and Australia. They focused on “night owls”, whose bodies’ drive them to stay up late into the night. Techniques used included consistent bedtimes, avoiding caffeine and getting plenty of morning sunshine. The researchers say

Ahead of a Parliamentary debate about access to a cystic fibrosis drug, the family of four-year-old Harrier Corr recorded a video diary to show the impact of living with the condition. More than 10,000 people in the UK have the debilitating genetic lung condition and for about half of them, Orkambi could make a big

Nineteen-year-old Red is a student, a fan of metal music and aspiring make-up artist. As a child, she was chatty and full of life – but only when she was at home. When she left the house, everything changed. At a secondary school open evening in Kettering, Northamptonshire, a teacher was playing a game with

Image copyright Getty Images UK surgeons have drawn up guidance for gay men on how long they should abstain from sex before and after prostate cancer treatment. It warns of potential risks to sexual partners from exposure to radiation after some treatments. Most cancer surgeons don’t ask patients about their sexual practices, which means they

Image copyright Adam Fradgley/ DKMS Image caption Gary Hodges and Karen Scoldock call each other brother and sister, after she donated the stem cells which saved his life Blood cancer is the fifth most common type of cancer in the UK with someone being diagnosed every 20 minutes, according to charity DKMS. Only a third

To save babies from brain-damaging birth defects, University of Pittsburgh scientist Carolyn Coyne studies placentas from fetuses that otherwise would be discarded — and she’s worried this kind of research is headed for the chopping block. The Trump administration is cracking down on fetal tissue research , with new hurdles for government-funded scientists around the