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People who can afford it should pay up to £30,000 by downsizing or releasing equity, report says.

From slightly overweight to morbidly obese, weight gain has "serious implications", researchers say.

Cutting it out does not affect people's fondness for tea, according to new research.

The health secretary announces a plan to tackle a dramatic rise in the use of addictive prescription drugs.

From the age of seven, obesity and emotional problems are closely linked, a UK study suggests.

Too many providers are "operating as a law unto themselves", England's top doctor says.

A study will look at whether use of the HIV drug increases infection rates for other STIs.

Working out what makes Charlie Parkes ill is like fitting together "little pieces of a puzzle", his mum says.

A former army interpreter, blinded by an explosion in Afghanistan, prepares for the London Marathon.

Jilly Moss's daughter Alba spent eight days in a London hospital after contracting the viral illness.

Initial testing of the vaccine, developed over 30 years, has shown a prevention rate of nearly 40%.

The medical team are able to extract huge amounts of information from tiny fragments of DNA.

Campaigners say children who wet the bed and have daytime accidents are "suffering in silence".

New World Health Organization guidelines say under twos should not have any sedentary screen time.

Children under two should not be given screens or TV to keep them quiet, new guidelines say.

Doctors say his work on a woman now "virtually unable to walk" is deeply flawed.

Mike Davies spent 70 days in intensive care with meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia.

Children at one UK school have been testing them out. Some say other approaches should also be taught.

Kimberley Leech, 15, has appeared in the Italian edition of Vogue magazine.

The treatment, developed over 30 years, is the first to give partial protection to children, WHO says.

A campaign to highlight the dangers of cosmetic procedures is to be launched shortly by the government in England.

Paul Lambert had three strokes in 15 months but is not letting it stop him from taking on new physical challenges.

The use of self-injected dermal and lip fillers is rising, along with dangerous cosmetic surgery.

Distance runner Gina Paletta warns how "under-fuelling" during training left her on crutches.

Parkinson's disease patient Gail Jardine can walk more freely after having a spinal implant fitted.

Previously housebound patients are now able to walk more freely as a result of electrical stimulation to their spines. Researchers say the small trial of the treatment has gone 'beyond their wildest dreams'.

Clinics are using "selective success rates" to target older women, the fertility watchdog warns.

Leia was born profoundly deaf but pioneering surgery and therapy has enabled her to hear sounds.

Meet the people behind the soap company that help people with disabilities into the workplace.

Aimee Summers recognised the signs of a potentially fatal blood clot and gave emergency first aid.

Around 5,000 heart attacks and strokes a year could be prevented by personalising heart health checks.

The group aims to tackle male isolation across London through regular meet ups and trips.

A little bone scientists thought was being lost to evolution seems to be making a comeback, say experts.

Holly Eastall says she felt suicidal after being falsely accused of abuse following her baby's death.

More than 2,200 people with learning disabilities are still being treated in hospitals, figures show.

A doctor in Pembrokeshire tweets a brutally honest job advert in a bid to relieve "tired" GPs.

The owner offers a place for mums to feed their babies as her sister felt "uncomfortable" doing it in public.

"Emma" says it is unfair that she faces a deadline to choose how to fertilise her frozen eggs.

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.

All eight infants now have fully functioning immune systems after undergoing treatment, say experts.

A mental health crisis team is criticised after a patient killed his wife before taking his own life.

Amy El-Keria was a patient at Ticehurst House Psychiatric Hospital, which has been fined £300,000 over her death.

Amy El-Keria hanged herself at a clinic run by the private healthcare company in 2012.

When Louise Moorhouse took part in a drug trial she was able to eat normally for the first time in her life.

Radar technology and tiny brain-monitors are just some of the devices being tested by a new research centre.

Eating even small amounts of red or processed meat increases the risk of bowel cancer, study finds.

Why did a young man kill himself two years after being circumcised?

A scan at 36 weeks could help spot tricky breech deliveries, when a baby's bottom or feet will emerge first.

An epilepsy charity has called for social media seizure warnings

Shaharun Nessa took up netball after suffering postnatal depression and now runs a group for women.