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Weekly visits from a toddler group help residents with dementia at a Cambridge care home.

When their twins were diagnosed with a fatal illness Chris and Hugh Hempel developed a new medicine.

Could global trade in vegetable oil be to blame for our growing obesity crisis?

The new Republican healthcare plan viewed from three perspectives.

Chiropractors are warning that some fashion items can be bad for us but experts have rejected the idea.

A school teacher in Leeds contacted a charity which normally provides sanitary pads to girls in Kenya.

Extreme adventure challenges can help office workers deal with the "anxieties of modern life," research suggests.

Broken backs and broken legs were among the injuries reported at trampoline parks last year.

Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall on the benefits of eating weeds and nettles

It all starts around the time children start school and spend more time sitting, a study suggests.

A new 'biological' therapy could help more patients than previously thought, experts believe.

How a life-changing event led one researcher to uncover how the immune system repairs the brain.

A girl who died from meningitis "wasn't given a chance" after being sent home from hospital, an inquest hears.

Unvaccinated children would be banned from childcare centres under a government plan.

After singer Rochelle Humes turns hers into art, we look at what else you can do with an umbilical cord.

Vulnerable people are being detained in care without proper checks, senior lawyers say.

Details of thousands of medical staff in Wales are stolen from a private contractor's computer server.

The home secretary is being urged to drop a £1,000 charge payable on doctors from outside the EU.

What do the study of cancer cells and that of the stars have in common?

All women, regardless of their sexual orientation, should have regular tests, charities say.

Magic the dog is able to detect dangerous shifts in his owner's blood sugar levels while she sleeps.

NHS trials are currently assessing if dogs could also be used to detect prostate cancer at an early stage.

As Mother's day approaches one new mother shares the devastating experience of post-partum psychosis.

Nearly 300 babies die from cot deaths each year. Here's how to put your baby to sleep safely.

Every year thousands of women in the UK develop a type of diabetes during pregnancy.

A "guardian angel" dog reaches the finals of Crufts for helping transform the life of a boy with autism.

There's a link between a gluten-free diet and diabetes.

The couple who were duped out of £400 talk of their joy at finally becoming parents via surrogates.

Philippa found temporary relief from her eating disorder after being treated with brain stimulation.

Is there any evidence that the internet and smartphones have shrunk our attention spans?

It kills more than bowel, breast and prostate cancer combined.

Why Do Not Resuscitate forms need to be changed

They might cause a lot of pain, but they also seem to do us good.

Athlete Katie Cooke has epilepsy and finds solace in running - but every time she takes to the track she loses consciousness.

What would you do if your child was a heroin addict suffering from acute withdrawal symptoms?

Slam poet Neil Hilborn's viral verse covers dating with OCD.

Traffic lights are the worst place for exposing babies and toddlers to air pollution.

A BBC analysis finds 19 NHS trusts in England have much higher death rates than expected.

The health secretary says seeing 95% of patients in four hours is critical for safe care.

A new treatment has been trialled to treat bulimia, using electric signals sent through the brain.

A hospital in India says Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, from Egypt, has lost 100kg after the operation.

A new sensor can analyse sweat to monitor sugar levels.

EU rules should be changed to get adult cancer drugs tested on children too, experts say.

On James's fifteenth birthday, his father killed himself. It was football that stopped him doing the same.

Thousands of Irish women travel abroad for abortions or break the law by taking abortion pills.

When the 2014 Ebola outbreak hit west Africa, the available vaccine had not been tested on humans.

Nestle says it will cut sugar in its chocolate bars such as Kit Kat, Yorkie and Aero by next year.

How the US Republicans' mood went from optimism to obstruction in hours. Will their bill survive?

Ireland has some of the world's most strict abortion laws, forcing women to travel abroad or take pills.

One woman cannot spend all the money she is given for her social care, while the other has had to sell her home.