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The boy and girl are identical on their mother's side but share only a proportion of their father's DNA.

Doctors said the baby, born weighing just 268g, is the tiniest newborn ever to be sent home.

A father must wait years to discover if his children have a cancer gene that led to his wife's death.

More than 3,000 violent patients in England were barred in 2018 from seeing their local GP.

One in five women presenting to UK clinics with anorexia may also have autism, research suggests.

The drug is delivered to affected parts of the brain via a "port" in the side of the head.

British teenager Shauna Davison died two weeks after an experimental transplant. Was she the victim of a rush to develop stem cell technology?

The parents of Keira, and Max - the boy who received her heart - tell the story behind the organ donation legislation named after them.

An inquiry finds many staff in social care face long working hours and job insecurity.

It did not stop Natalie Pearson becoming what is thought to be the world's only teacher with her form of the condition.

Few children's multivitamins give the recommended daily vitamin D dose, a study suggests.

A group of MPs wants a "revolution" in early years support, including more health visitor contacts.