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Fat lost from the tongue was the reason for improvements in a sleep apnoea weight loss study.

More importance needs to be placed on the psychological effects of skin conditions, a charity says.

Jo Daniels is urging more men to donate blood, after figures showed a gender imbalance.

Men make up 40% of blood donors and their blood contains more iron than women's.

Patients are waiting hours on trolleys as a beds shortage causes backlogs in emergency departments.

Paula Thomas says she cannot work and avoids crowds due to a condition that causes her to smell of rotten fish.

It makes the womb lining better prepared for pregnancy, a trial in women with recurrent miscarriage suggests.

The Royal College of GPs ask Health Secretary Matt Hancock to take urgent action to tackle the problem.

Sandy Patience wants to help find a treatment for the degenerative disease that has blighted his family.

Jerry has completed five half marathons. But at one point she "couldn't see a way out" of depression.

Women and men can ward off cancer, heart problems and diabetes, a US study finds.

Andrea Halliley is one of thousands on waiting lists for NHS gender identity clinics in England.

Routine operations are to be cancelled at four hospitals due to issues over winter pressures.

A mother and a nurse launch a legal challenge over the use of drugs to delay puberty.

More than 2,000 appointments are cancelled and the health board expects "significant disruption".

Experts in the Highlands and Glasgow want to prevent lifesaving medicines harming the environment.

The proportion of senior doctors involved in leading research programmes is falling, say academics.

Trust Me I'm a Doctor looks at whether moving to a fast beat improves the effects of activity.

A nurses' leader says staff face a daily battle to make sure patients "get the care they require".

A total of 987 people faced lengthy waits in Scottish emergency departments last November.

Adopted children who suffered severe deprivation in Romanian orphanages had smaller brains than others as young adults.

A company that makes synthetic meat has shown off its latest products in Las Vegas.

A BBC investigation finds many of the therapies at private clinics are unproven and unregulated.

Former Norwich City player Iwan Roberts is taking part in a study to track brain health into old age.

Training for a first marathon delivers more elastic arteries and lower blood pressure, experts say.

Markus is a 13-year-old Russian artist with autism and epilepsy. His work sells for thousands of dollars.

A health board says four of its hospitals were "at a level of escalation not seen before".

Isla is thought to be the only person in the world with the condition, that accelerates the ageing of cells.

The Royal College of Midwives says its members are paid less than their counterparts in GB.

Pom is a former Thai monk who has mastered the art of meditation.

Annie Wells says measures including decriminalisation and introducing "fix rooms" should be considered.

A mysterious illness is not caused by the virus that killed hundreds in 2002-03, officials said.

Rats and ants top the pest control issues experienced by hospitals, freedom of information requests reveal.

Kerry Van Der Merwe has been fighting to be allowed surgery for a condition that baffles many GPs.

GPs urge hospitals not to strike people off the list straight away for missing appointments.

The painkiller is said to be up to 100 times stronger than morphine and is entering UK markets.

Hospitals say problems can waste hundreds of hours of staff time every day.

The world's second "naturally" strongest woman says more women should get involved in weightlifting.

The increasing age of carers looking after adults with learning disabilities is a "looming crisis", a study claims.

The retailer says it hopes redesigning its own-brand cereals will help parents buy healthy products.

Some 44 people have been infected in the central city of Wuhan, officials say.

A Scottish facility had spare capacity to produce safe blood products in the 1980s but risky supplies were still imported.

Doctors say the number of cycles of chemotherapy can be halved without increasing risk of a relapse.

More and more people are buying plant-powered products. What’s behind the rise?

NHS figures show admissions have risen by more than a third over the last two years.

We tend to copy the way our friends and family behave, potentially leading us to put on weight or even divorce.

Scientists are exploring the limits of brain power and they want your help.

Smokers and ex-smokers who have quit report being in more pain than people who have never smoked.

Players say the virtual reality game makes them happier and healthier.

Ryan and Amy Jackson set up the Lily Mae Foundation after losing their daughter a decade ago.