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• Nottingham midwife saves best friend's life Aimee Summers recognised the signs of a potentially fatal blood clot and gave emergency first aid.
• Are plants a necessity or a luxury? A new campaign says we should pay less tax on plants because they are good for the environment and mental health.
• Targeted checks 'prevent one-in-10 heart attacks' Around 5,000 heart attacks and strokes a year could be prevented by personalising heart health checks.
• London loneliness: Hackney Brocals help men find friends The group aims to tackle male isolation across London through regular meet ups and trips.
• Sore knee? Maybe you have a fabella A little bone scientists thought was being lost to evolution seems to be making a comeback, say experts.
• Mother 'felt suicidal' after baby death news reports Holly Eastall says she felt suicidal after being falsely accused of abuse following her baby's death.
• People with learning disabilities 'trapped' in hospitals as target missed More than 2,200 people with learning disabilities are still being treated in hospitals, figures show.
• Pembrokeshire GP job ad admits 'the hours stink' A doctor in Pembrokeshire tweets a brutally honest job advert in a bid to relieve "tired" GPs.
• 'My boyfriend's sperm, or a donor's?' "Emma" says it is unfair that she faces a deadline to choose how to fertilise her frozen eggs.
• 'The doctor wrote a question mark for my child's sex' A child known as Baby A became the subject of a high court case that has prompted Kenya to start changing its approach to intersex children.
• HIV used to cure 'bubble boy' disease All eight infants now have fully functioning immune systems after undergoing treatment, say experts.
• Pig brains partially revived four hours after death The study could aid medical research and fuel debate about the difference between life and death.

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