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Nicotine vapes best chance to quit smoking, major review finds

They work better than patches, gum or pills, the most up-to-date evidence suggests.

How to spot a liar

Doctors and identical twins Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore the ideas shaping our health and wellbeing.

Home-testing kits now available for women in England who have missed cervical screening

Nearly 4 million women in England can order a self-testing kits to check for high-risk HPV.

Home-testing kits now available for women in England who have missed cervical screening

Nearly 4 million women in England can order a self-testing kits to check for high-risk HPV.

Is school to blame for mum’s asbestos death?

Caroline Bryan died three months after being diagnosed of an incurable cancer linked to asbestos.

Using football to talk about mental health

The ​Mersey Mind Project is open to men of all fitness levels and abilities

‘Doctors said I was ‘too young’ to have endometriosis’

Grace is just 14, but has to spend days in hospital each month due to her endometriosis.

‘Doctors said I was ‘too young’ to have endometriosis’

Grace is just 14, but has to spend days in hospital each month due to her endometriosis.

Mum wants people to know ‘there is hope after pregnancy loss’

Hayley Metcalfe, 37, suffered the loss of two babies at 17 and 19 weeks into the pregnancies.

Doctors said I was too young to have endometriosis at 13 – I had to take morphine to cope

Grace, 14, feels doctors were dismissive of her pain. She wants others to know the symptoms.