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            <title><![CDATA['My hotel bill is £12,000': British holidaymakers stranded by Iran war]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Flights are restricted due to the conflict leaving people stuck running up bills for rooms and food.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[AI toys for children misread emotions and respond inappropriately, researchers warn]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[In first study of its kind, Cambridge researchers found AI toys could misread some children's emotions.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Woman found out she had terminal brain cancer after suitcase fell on her head]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Lauren Macpherson was travelling home from a festival in London when her life changed forever.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Woman with rare blood feels 'honoured' to donate]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A woman whose blood is so rare that it is frozen for up to three decades feels "very special".]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hundreds of GPs tell BBC they have never refused a fit note for mental health concerns]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The number of fit notes issued has been rising, with more than 11.2m approved in England last year.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:21:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[NHS tracker - are hospital waiting times improving near you?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Use our interactive tracker to see if treatment waits are getting better at your local hospital.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Police probe breast cancer treatment allegations]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The inquiry is being held over concerns of poor care at the County Durham and Darlington trust.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Alternative to HRT for menopausal hot flushes now on NHS]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The non-hormonal daily pill could benefit 500,000 women for whom HRT is not suitable.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Proton beam hope for asbestos cancer patients]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Mesothelioma is an incurable cancer linked to asbestos, but a trial hopes to prolong patient lives.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mother given wrong antibiotics died from sepsis]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Bank cashier Aleisha Rochester died two weeks after undergoing a routine procedure to remove an abscess.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[NHS England pauses new prescriptions of cross-sex hormones for under-18s]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The health service said young people who already receive the drugs will continue to do so.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:39:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA['My daughter died in her sleep, with no warning']]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Jo-Ann Burns says her daughter Nicola wasn't told about Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:35:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA['My son can now enjoy life': Children with severe form of epilepsy helped by new drug]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Families say the groundbreaking medicine is transforming the lives of children with Dravet syndrome.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Maternity inquiry chair named in government U-turn]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Donna Ockenden is appointed to lead the maternity services inquiry at Leeds hospitals.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Relying on drugs to stop obesity would be 'societal failure', says Chris Whitty]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[England's top doctor says the drugs should be for a minority and more effort is  needed to prevent obesity in the first place.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dentists return £900m for not seeing NHS patients]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sum represents £1 out of every £7 they have been given by NHS as dentists opt to chase private work.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pregnant women's brains shed grey matter to prime them for motherhood, study suggests]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It is time to move beyond the “baby brain” cliche, say scientists who scanned dozens of women’s brains.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[BBC investigation finds 50,000 people waited over 24 hours in A&E corridor care]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Taking collagen keeps skin more elastic but won't stop wrinkles, say scientists ]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The new review brings together the strongest evidence to date on collagen supplementation, say experts.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[GPs told to guarantee same-day appointments for urgent cases]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA['It was like buying groceries' - Woman calls for tighter weight-loss jabs checks]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Emma Dyer says she collapsed on her bathroom floor and began vomiting blood after buying jabs online.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sperm swim more quickly in summer, study finds]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Understanding the seasonal patterns of sperm could improve fertility treatments, by optimising the timing of treatment, the reasearchers say. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[First British baby born using transplanted womb from dead donor  ]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Grace Bell, who was born without a viable womb, says her little boy is "simply a miracle".]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[GPs to get £3,000 bonus to maximise  weight loss drug prescriptions]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Bid to improve access to Mounjaro in England, but experts warn eligibility still tightly restricted.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sunbed ads spreading harmful misinformation to young people]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Hundreds of TikTok, Instagram and Facebook ads made misleading claims about health benefits, BBC finds.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How to check whether you have bowel cancer]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[What are the main symptoms and causes of bowel cancer, and how can you reduce your risk of getting it?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why are fewer people donating their organs?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The number waiting for an organ is at a record high as loved ones increasingly block donations.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How I proved hair loss and dizziness aren't just symptoms of 'being a mum']]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Iron deficiency is a relatively common problem, especially in women. Here's how to spot the symptoms.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Prostate cancer screening: What you need to know]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Everything you need to know about the decision on who should be screened for prostate cancer.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Could weight-loss jabs be behind rising gallbladder removals?]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[What is chickenpox and who can get an NHS vaccine?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The standard NHS childhood vaccination programme will include chickenpox from 2 January 2026.]]></description>
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