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Scientists discover that spreading lung cancer cells are like collapsed tents adrift in the wind.

Being bottom of the social heap alters the immune system and can damage health, study concludes.

An ex-health secretary says an "incredibly difficult" two years await the NHS in England.

Scientists looking into invertebrate animals discover nearly 1,500 new viruses - the largest number documented in any one study.

Former Health Secretary Andrew Lansley is disappointed by the Autumn Statement

Hospital staff left a premature baby in a basket in a sluice room to die alone, a report reveals.

Health and social care leaders condemn the Autumn Statement as a missed opportunity for new funding.

Bacteria which eat others of their kind could be a new weapon in the fight against superbugs.

The death rate from aortic aneurysms is more than three times higher in England than in the US, official data shows.

Toxic air is causing almost half a million premature deaths in Europe every year, a new report says.

A nurse accused of falsifying the temperature of Ebola-infected colleague Pauline Cafferkey, has been found to be dishonest.

Dengue fever kills at least 20 people in Burkina Faso, where about 2,000 cases have been recorded.

Huddersfield is a particularly hard place to find an NHS dentist. So what happens to people’s teeth?

There were 24,300 extra deaths in England and Wales last winter - about half the number of 2014-15.

Chrissy, 29, says she feels grateful to be alive after the combined pill caused her to have pulmonary embolisms.

A young newsreader suffering from cancer has taken the unusual step - for Japan - of blogging about her illness. If she dies, she says, she doesn't want pity.

Tests for cancer diagnosis are under threat as labs struggle to cope with rising demand, a charity says.

UK teenagers drink enough sugar every year to fill a bathtub with fizzy cola, a Cancer Research UK study suggests.

Tuesday night's Radio 1 and 1Xtra Stories explores the future of the pill and what could come next. Here are four possibilities.

Tonight's Radio 1 and 1Xtra Stories explores the future of the pill and what could come next. Here are four possibilities.

Patients could be asked to show two forms of identification before they are treated, says health chief.

Dr Meirion Thomas says patients should have to prove they are eligible for NHS treatment

Dementia is now the leading cause of death in England and Wales, but the proportion of people with dementia is falling. How is this explained?

Wendy Mitchell, who has early onset dementia, told the Victoria Derbyshire programme how her benefits have stopped following a reassessment.

Thousands of people living with degenerative conditions are losing part or all of their disability benefits after being reassessed.

UK teenagers drink enough sugar every year to fill a bath with fizzy cola, a Cancer Research UK study suggests.

There is growing evidence that the dementia crisis may not be as bad as first feared, say researchers.

When it comes to fruit and vegetables, two-a-day might be more realistic advice to give to families says one of the UK's leading doctors.

Parents whose babies died during childbirth at an East Ayrshire hospital call for a public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding their deaths.

A TV presenter's campaign changed the way we put our babies to sleep and helped save thousands of lives.

A former minister urges the government to use tax breaks to help people save for care in later life.

Mandy Littlewood has polycystic kidney disease and needed an organ transplant. Two of her children also have the condition.

More than 400 NHS patients and staff were referred to police over radicalisation fears in a year.

A series of care failures in a privately run nursing home are secretly filmed by the BBC.

A series of shocking incidents in a privately run residential nursing home in Cornwall is secretly filmed by the BBC.

Chris Vallance looks at whether the weaker pound could cost the NHS, or create problems for its suppliers

The World Health Organization says the Zika virus needs "enduring action" not emergency status now.

The proportion of women having at least one child by age 20 has fallen to its lowest level in decades, the ONS says.

We tackle some of the ethical issues around preserving bodies cryogenically after death.

Former heroin addict Chris Foltz tells the BBC's World Have Your Say how a prescription for painkillers from a dentist, led him to heroin addiction and prison.

Vasectomy operations on men in Kenya are live streamed from a theatre in the capital as part a campaign to promote the sterilisation procedure.

Bagged salad can fuel the growth of food-poisoning bugs like Salmonella and make them more dangerous, a study says.

Waiting times will rise and staff numbers cut unless the NHS gets more money, health bosses say.

Abbie, a 16-year-old helped by Children in Need, shares her story on losing both parents to cancer.

Nine former health secretaries voice "alarm" at the failure to improve mental health services.

A girl won a historic legal fight shortly before she died to have her body cryogenically preserved.

A nurse faces misconduct charges over claims she hid Ebola survivor Pauline Cafferkey's high temperature.

Heidi Loughlin, a terminally-ill mother of two boys, describes trying to prepare them for her own death.

The BBC's World Have Your Say programme visits Nashville, Tennessee, once famed for its music industry, but now the home to multi-billion dollar healthcare firms.

A man has told BBC 5 live that his porn addiction resulted in him suffering from erectile dysfunction.