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The Scottish Health Survey shows Scottish adults are only managing three portions of fruit and veg per day.

Genealogy service AncestryDNA angers privacy campaigners.

The meeting was part of a public consultation on proposed cuts to the health service.

Hospital staff missed opportunities which may have prevented a patient's death, a watchdog says.

The scale of maternity discrimination is being hidden due to the use of gagging orders, it's warned.

The experimental vaccine should work against most flu types and offer years of protection, research says.

The photo led to doctors diagnosing her with a rare form of cancer.

A total of 63% of addicts at the National Problem Gambling Clinic struggle with mobile betting.

At first Stacey thought she wasn't normal, then she thought she might be ill. Finally she discovered she was actually asexual.

The prototype design could save road accidents caused by dehydration, the firm suggests.

Children aged up to nine are to be offered the flu vaccine as the annual campaign starts.

Keep raw meat and fish separately from other shopping to avoid getting stomach bugs, consumers told.

A man with a severe form of autism says a "rude" guard refused to help him as he tried to board a train.

The family of a man who hanged himself in HMP Bristol says he needed mental health unit care.

How a show-and-tell session by breast cancer survivors is helping women recently diagnosed with the disease.

Professor Ted Baker says the NHS has not modernised because of a historic lack of investment.

Ten charts that show how mental illness affects people in the UK.

A cancer charity boss talks of how it decides which research to give its funding to.

Children with severe allergies will have access to a spare adrenaline auto-injector in an emergency.

A 14-year-old County Antrim girl with scoliosis of the spine may have operation delayed by a year.

The child has a rare condition which could cause brain damage if his diet is not controlled.

Local councils are accused of being slow to offer help and information to those eligible.

Every time Maya eats, she has to run off the calories - she's been ill for two years, but now she wants to go to university.

Physiotherapists say everybody should build strength exercises into their everyday lives.

Thousands of nurses tell the Royal College of Nursing that care is being compromised.

Most people aren't doing it long enough according to a new report.

As a school bans "unhealthy" foods in lunchboxes, we ask what children are allowed to eat.

One in 10 miscarriages is believed to be caused by the failure of the baby's heart to form normally.

Hussein Zaytouni tells the BBC why he went under the knife.

Hannah, 31, who has cerebral palsy fulfils her dream of playing a musical instrument.

An Australian court orders Belle Gibson to pay A$410,000 for misleading her readers.

Time is running out for Cary Gallant, who is going to court to get a liver transplant.

Southwest Airlines says the passenger was forcibly removed - but the two dogs were allowed to stay.

As Republicans in Congress fail to repeal Obamacare, President Trump has hinted at other options.

Doctors say shared mats can harbour bacteria and viruses, but gym-goers can avoid infections.

The country stops the disease from freely circulating, but small numbers of cases are still occurring.

Scott Sinden took up photography after he was diagnosed with a terminal illness.

The findings hint that older people are not practising safe sex as most cases were transmitted by intercourse.

It could rule out a heart attack in under 20 minutes and should be used routinely, say experts.

Thousands more Caesareans a year are down to more "complex births" and are a "concern" for midwives.

The government says a vote on whether to change the country's abortion law will be held next year.

A teenager at risk to himself and others could not be found a secure mental health bed for a month.

Victims of the contaminated blood scandal are told they can seek damages in the High Court.

A study has linked positive mood with greater protection from flu following vaccination but here's what you need to know.

Families say they have been left to fight for care and help for disabled children harmed by sodium valproate.

Researchers say it could be down to the social aspect of sport.

The shadow health secretary says the NHS is not prepared for a "serious winter" like the last one.

Surgeons fit a nerve stimulator into the man's chest to reverse 15 years of unresponsive wakefulness.

Toni Crews lost her right eye to cancer and has been making customised eyepatches.

For people living with depersonalisation disorder, the world appears unreal and can be void of emotion.