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Would you rather be good-looking but with a plain partner or be unattractive yourself but with a hot date?...

Nick TriggleHealth correspondentPA MediaThousands of NHS staff redundancies in England will now go ahead after a deal was reached with the Treasury to allow the health service to overspend this year to cover the cost of pay-offs.The government said...

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Alison Holt,Social affairs editor, The Old Bailey and James Melley,the Old BaileyFamily handoutMs Figueiredo was first admitted to the Hepworth Ward in May 2012 with a diagnosis including non-specific eating disorder and bipolar affective disorder.During her time on the...

New Delhi - Authorities in India's capital have urged elementary schools to hold classes online, banned construction and urged people to work from home as the annual plague of air pollution hit the "severe" category...

Chloe Hayward, Nick Triggle & Daniel WainwrightBBC NewsBBC"He got his diary out, flicked through a couple of pages and gave me a date. I said, that's a Saturday. The surgeon said, yes, I work Saturdays," laughs Paul.Over in...

Socrates wasn’t the greatest fan of the written word. Famous for leaving no texts to posterity, the great philosopher...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will remove the "black box" warning labels on many hormone therapy drugs used for menopause and perimenopause symptoms — a major turnaround that's likely to encourage more women to...

Graham FraserBBC ScotlandUniversity of DundeeThe future of stroke treatmentProf Grunwald, who has won an award from Innovate UK for her work and is also the vice president of the World Federation for Interventional Stroke Treatment, said there were two...

Kate DysonA woman who was plunged into sudden menopause after surgery to remove both ovaries is spearheading efforts to change NHS policy.Kate Dyson, 44, from Hastings, East Sussex, underwent the surgery six months ago after having a subtotal hysterectomy...