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Across Great Britain, adults are drinking less often. So how are tastes changing and why are they cutting back?

A charity says that more than 80% are failing to test for the genetic condition Lynch syndrome.

Men can now buy impotence pills without a prescription at some UK pharmacies. What are the risks?

Michael Fuller is autistic and could play Mozart by ear aged 11. Now he's a classical composer.

Southern Health admitted failings over the deaths of Teresa Colvin and Connor Sparrowhawk.

Keilan's operation was scheduled when NHS winter pressures were at their highest, and beds were scarce.

Midwife representatives welcome the move but say more training places "is only half of the problem".

Midwives want a scheme in one city aimed at making mothers feel comfortable expanded nationwide.

Since Richard’s leg was amputated, his two-storey house has become very difficult to get around.

A leading GP estimated that up to 80% of his patients had conditions linked to lifestyle and diet.

Charlotte Nott, aged 10, lost all four limbs to meningitis when she was just two years old.

But England still has one of the highest rates of the disease in Western Europe.

Nadine Turnbull struggles with a rare condition where her head is not properly secured to her body.

Gwyneth Paltrow is among the people who have backed the bee-venom therapy.

Excess weight now causes 6.3% of all cancer cases - up from 5.5% in 2011, a study suggests.

Cancer Research UK says around 38% of all cancers diagnoses could have been prevented.

A large study suggests siponimod may effectively treat the advanced stage of the disease.

Care Quality Commission warns of inappropriate prescribing and failure to carry out checks.

About a quarter of patients in A&E departments last month waited longer than four hours.

Made In Chelsea star James Dunmore has told BBC 5 live that he lost two sisters to cystic fibrosis.

BBC presenter Victoria Derbyshire measures out the sugar that can be found in a typical muffin.

Health experts say the researchers' findings show how easy it is to consume "huge" amounts of sugar.

A new analysis of the controversial PACE trial suggests the effects of exercise therapy have been exaggerated.

A study suggests the martial art has benefits similar to or greater than aerobic exercise.

Experts are asking the medical profession to stop offering ineffective and potentially harmful treatments.

Unions back a deal that gives NHS staff a minimum pay rise of more than 6% over three years.

David Nott had helped Syrian surgeons via the internet - weeks later, their hospital was destroyed.

However, inspectors conclude it still "requires improvement" in some areas.

Rose and Alex have set up a project encouraging people to write and draw about their chronic illness. The best friends have drawn up a list of things they're sick of hearing.

Experts say it may be down to a greater awareness of egg donation and more donors coming forward.

Biscuit the robotic dog responds to touch and speech to help people with dementia.

Alfie Dingley is six - his family want him to be able to use medical cannabis to manage his epilepsy.

Four patients at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow are now being treated for infections.

Medics and a former patient take on a gruelling Sahara race to raise funds for London Air Ambulance.

Emma Forrest gets up five times a night to satisfy her cravings and stockpiles cans of the drinks.

A mother shows the bruises from her "aggressive and angry" six-year-old son in the campaign for a special licence to use medicinal cannabis to treat his epilepsy.

Laura Clode has been at a mental health unit at Llandough Hospital since last June.

MC Paigey Cakey says she feels "empowered" after having a hair transplant because she had traction alopecia.

Missed sleepovers, exam issues, secrets from siblings - the challenges of growing up with HIV.

The BBC uncovers allegations that staff at an Essex mental health trust supplied vulnerable patients.

New courses are in under-doctored areas as ministers set out plans to expand student places by 25%.

Nikki Bednall says she takes cannabis oil through "desperation not recreation" after her breast cancer.

People in Wales who are deaf or have hearing loss are not getting accessible information from their GP.

Donald Trump has announced plans to tackle the opioid crisis. What are they and why are they a problem?

MPs are debating a petition calling for all people with cystic fibrosis to be given the life-changing, but very expensive, drug.

Louise Willetts says she is completely well following treatment that was originally used on cancer patients.

Police have said they are "extremely concerned" about the baby's mother's welfare.

A study finds men with low sperm counts are more likely to have health issues that put them at risk.

A team at the Georgia Institute of Technology is developing a stethoscope for your knees.

A study finds chemicals in lavender and tea tree oil appear to be hormone disruptors.