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Alamy A major legal claim has been filed in the UK against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson, accusing the firm of knowingly selling baby powder contaminated with asbestos. The claim involves 3,000 people and focuses on internal memos and scientific reports, which have been seen by the BBC. The lawsuit …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Michael J. Fox is living life to its fullest. The “Back to the Future” star is set to return to the screen after five years in retirement with his most personal role yet in the upcoming season of “Shrinking.” After battling Parkinson’s …

Reach Angela Main with her son Leon Adams, who was left with severe brain injuries and needing 24-hour care after being attacked in 2002 The mother of a man who died 23 years after being brutally attacked has told an inquest she could only identify him by the shape of …

Brain cancer patients will not be able to use a new drug that slows or stops tumour growth after it was rejected for NHS use. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has turned down vorasidenib because of uncertainty in the economic data and a lack of clarity …

David GrundyBBC Wales, Pontypridd Coroner’s Court Family Photo Theo Treharne-Jones was on holiday with his parents, siblings and extended family A five-year-old who died on a family holiday in Greece drowned accidentally, a coroner has concluded. Theo Treharne-Jones, from Merthyr Tydfil, was found unconscious in a swimming pool at Atlantica …

I haven’t had a consistent primary care doctor since I turned 18 and moved on from the pediatrician I’d seen since birth.  Though I get a yearly physical, it’s typically with a new doctor every time, depending on my location, who’s available, my insurance and which office picks up the …

Nikki FoxHealth correspondent, BBC East and Matt Precey Family photo Colin Flatt, who his wife described as having been a “strong, capable man” never recovered after falling over a hospital balcony on to a glass table An ex-footballer with dementia who died after falling from a height had been “chemically …

Bea SwallowWest of England and Flossy CalnanGloucestershire BBC Mike Calnan is encouraging his daughter, who also has dyslexia, to “celebrate the positives and nurture them” A father who was branded “thick” and a “dunce” at school because of his dyslexia said his condition brings “more possibilities than most people can …

Michelle RobertsDigital health editor Getty Images Former prime minister Rishi Sunak has told the BBC that a targeted prostate cancer screening programme is needed urgently, and would “save countless lives”. Sunak is an ambassador for the Prostate Cancer Research charity, and made his comments as the UK National Screening Committee …

Julie-Anne BarnesBBC Scotland and Ian HamiltonBBC Scotland BBC Claire Dempsey has cerebral palsy and her father Chris believes use of the frailty index might have helped her sooner Researchers at a Scottish university have discovered a measure used to assess the health of older people can improve quality of life …

Kayleigh HarveyBBC Scotland Brian Allison and his late sister Anne had to come to terms with being given a stranger’s ashes instead of their mother’s Brian Allison travelled more than 200 miles from Manchester to Glasgow to scatter his sister’s ashes on the family grave. As he stood at the …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! For years, Selma Blair battled unexplained pain and crippling fatigue while doctors dismissed her symptoms. Blair revealed that despite experiencing symptoms since childhood, her multiple sclerosis (MS) wasn’t diagnosed until she was in her 40s. “I was diagnosed with relapsing [remitting] MS …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! “Golden Bachelor” star Gerry Turner has issued a warning to his ex, Theresa Nist, ahead of his memoir’s release. During an interview with Us Weekly, Turner shared that his book, “Golden Years,” will be releasing in early November and will detail his …

[ University of Portsmouth PhD student Benjamin Stocker setting up the EEG system on a participant. Credit: University of Portsmouth A study by the University of Portsmouth in England has mapped the biological journey of anxiety in the brain when people are faced with a no-win situation. Imagine you’re stuck …

David GrundyPontypridd Coroner’s Court Family photo Theo Treharne-Jones was on holiday with his parents, siblings and extended family A five-year-old boy who drowned during a family holiday in Greece was an “excitable, happy, loving little child” with “no sense of danger”, an inquest has heard. Theo Treharne-Jones, from Merthyr Tydfil, …

Former prime minister Rishi Sunak has stepped up his call for a targeted screening programme for prostate cancer. In a BBC interview he said he was “convinced of the urgency ” of introducing such a programme which would be affordable, deliverable and “save countless lives”. His comments come as the …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Michael J. Fox is hoping his death isn’t “dramatic” after battling Parkinson’s disease for the past 35 years. Fox opened up about his future with the “mysterious” disease, which he was first diagnosed with at age 29. “There’s no timeline, there’s no …

Jamie MorrisSouth of England BBC “I felt like I was being a hypochondriac” “I felt quite vindicated… if I hadn’t persisted, if I hadn’t put all of my symptoms into AI I would hate to think where I would have been left by healthcare professionals.” It started with ringing in …

Scorsese’s father kept his nose clean, but often had to intervene to save his brother, the film-maker’s uncle, Joe “The Bug” Scorsese, the other inspiration for Johnny Boy. I thought I knew Scorsese’s story well, but I had never heard about Joe the Bug. Along the way, Scorsese adds surprising …

Katie Mitchell Katie Mitchell received a rare heart-lung transplant nearly 40 years ago A woman is believed to have become the longest-living patient in the UK to have had a combined heart and lung transplant. Katie Mitchell, from Sidcup in south-east London, underwent the operation 38 years ago, aged 15, …