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Discover #YellowSunday, the campaign to support, train and empower women in DRC

Initiative hoping to enable 1,000 women living one of the toughest places on earth to train as nurses.

Do you have face blindness? Take this test to find out if you have prosopagnosia

Brad Pitt is one of the thousands people affected by the surprisingly common condition.

Who is Sania Nishtar, Pakistan's candidate to lead the World Health Organisation?

Nishtar has an important civil society background which she hopes will help her build partnerships as WHO's Director General

Online abortion drugs are safe and effective – but they're still illegal

Mifepristone and misoprostol obtained illegally online through one organisation were 95% effective.

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Concern over 'frightening' union demands that nurses with dementia be allowed to work

Should diagnoses of dementia spell the end of someone's career?

Yemen's hospitals overwhelmed by deadly cholera outbreak

Hospital corridors are lined with sick children and elderly patients, as there aren't enough beds to accommodate them

Three Ebola-related deaths in DRC as medical teams struggle to reach outbreak area

The outbreak area is an isolated area where transport and communication networks are limited.

Yemen declares state of emergency in Houthi-controlled Sana'a over cholera outbreak

Around 115 people have died from cholera in the country between 27 April and 13 May, according to the Red Cross.

'Bureaucratic, weak and ineffective': How we can reform the World Health Organisation

The election of WHO's new Director-General is an opportunity to reform the organisation.

Service to most NHS hospitals restored after 'unprecedented' cyberattack

48 hospitals were affected in the attack, but service has been restored to all but six.

The business of hacking: Hospitals paid nearly £100m ransom to cybercriminals in 2016

Hospitals are seen as 'soft targets' due to their antiquated IT systems.

UK government was preparing for cyberattacks before NHS was crippled says Amber Rudd

Home secretary's remarks come as 45 NHS hospitals have been compromised in a global ransomware attack.

Genes linked to anorexia show deadly disease isn't just psychiatric

Scientists have identified the first genetic locus associated with anorexia.

Michelle and Barack Obama say the're 'finally going to get some sleep'

Michelle Obama slams Trump's new school meals regulations

Former First Lady asks: 'Why is someone OK with your kids eating crap?'

California doctor delivers her own baby in moving car during rush hour traffic

'Pretty Cool': Dr Victoria Williams got to put her own name on the birth certificate as delivering physician.

WHO declares Ebola outbreak after patient infected with the virus dies in DRC

The last outbreak of Ebola in the DRC was in 2014, when dozens of people died.

Brazil lifts Zika virus health emergency after sharp decline in cases

The country had declared the Zika outbreak an emergency in November 2015.

Baclofen: Controversial alcoholism drug stops man stuttering in chance clinical trial

Baclofen is a promising but controversial treatment for people with a dependence to alcohol.

Deadly 'superbug' resistant to nearly all antibiotics emerged on Earth long before the dinosaurs

Enteroccoci emerged with the first animals that crawled on land some 450 million years ago.

People with HIV are living far longer than they were 20 years ago

Antiretroviral therapy has been credited with saving millions of lives.

A low body mass index does not mean you'll develop Alzheimer's disease

Having a low BMI has previously been linked with Alzheimer's but this is merely an association.

Double cancer survivor Greig Trout talks about the struggles of PTSD and how he beat it

This double-cancer survivor beat PTSD with the aid of a travel 'anti-bucket list'

Greig Trout speaks to IBTimes UK about his around-the-world adventure that helped him beat PTSD.

Cannabis: THC restores memory and improves learning in elderly mice

The study tested the effects of THC on the endocannabinoid system of young, mature and older mice.

Seven dead in Burnley and Yorkshire after taking contaminated batch of heroin

Drug users took heroin that contained a mixture of carfentanyl and fentanyl.

Jeremy Hunt say £1bn mental health fund will help fight 'injustice' and 'discrimination'

Hunt said Brexit negotiations would be a crucial factor in bolstering the NHS.

Controversial placenta treatment could cure radiation poisoning after nuclear disaster

Macaques treated with placental stem cells had higher survival rate after being exposed to radiation, study claims.

Your liver swells and shrinks by almost half its size every day

The whole liver grows in size to cope with extra stress when we eat and drink.

NHS waiting lists set to soar to 5.5 million by 2019

Number of patients waiting more than four weeks for surgery expected to double.

Young women are biggest binge drinkers in the UK

And old drinking habits die hard for the baby boomers.

Is your baby in pain? Brain scan can detect physical suffering in infants

Babies are unable to express their pain - but non-invasive brain scans could help measure it.

Teenage girls undergo more genital cosmetic surgery

Breast cancer: 43% of women unaware of reconstructive surgery risks

Breast reconstruction can boost body image but it does carry some risks.

Brain-invading parasitic disease prompts health officials to sound the alarm in Hawaii

Scientists discover what causes Tourette's syndrome

Four genes involved in brain development have been linked to the condition.

Girls and young women targeted by Kenyan government roll-out of new HIV prevention drug

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) can reduce the risk of HIV transmission by at least 90%.

Massive ketamine study reveals Botox also works against depression

Patients who took ketamine experienced a 50% drop in depression symptoms, but Botox appeared to help too.

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