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Ella Pickover

Ella Pickover is health correspondent for the PA news agency. She works from Suffolk and London and covers all aspects of health news from medical breakthroughs to NHS policy. She previously worked as a general reporter for PA and as a reporter for the St Albans Review.

<p>A specific brain region, dubbed a "parenting hub", has been linked to the diverse paternal behaviours of male mice.</p>

Mouse gene discovered that could decide if dads are doting or angry

<p>Sophia Chant is one of just 36 children trying a new cognitive rehabilitation programme for children who have had treatment for brain cancer.</p>

Groundbreaking programme helps children recover after brain cancer

<p>Sophia Chant spent much of her early childhood in and out of hospital</p>

‘Life-changing’ new treatment for children after brain cancer

<p>It is understood the NHS has supply of bone cement for the next two weeks</p>

The global shortage that could delay NHS operations for thousands

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