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Young people starting at university or college in September are being urged to get a vaccine against meningitis.

Professional golfers are likely to have oddly shaped hip joints, researchers have discovered.

Baby survives for two weeks with a plastic toy stuck in his throat.

Doctors at a specialist heart centre use a new rapid cooling technique - "much like a baked Alaska" - to treat a heart attack patient.

Letters are disappearing from company logos and shop-fronts as part of a campaign to encourage more blood donation.

A new dementia atlas, published by the government, reveals patchy NHS care for the condition across England.

A nurse who left a syringe full of drugs on a patient's bed and gave another patient the wrong medication is struck off.

Oscar-nominated actress Carey Mulligan has been appointed by the Alzheimer's Society and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt as the UK's first global Dementia Friends Ambassador.

Viruses are more dangerous when they infect their victims in the morning, a University of Cambridge study suggests.

One woman's recovery from crystal meth addiction inspires thousands on social media.

A dentist who sparked "the biggest NHS patient recall in history" committed a string of malpractice offences, a panel finds.

Labour leadership challenger Owen Smith accuses the government of having "a secret plan to privatise the NHS" in England.

An NHS sex therapist is warning about a surge in the number of young men suffering sexual health problems because of online pornography.

Changes to the roads around the University Hospital of Wales are being introduced in a bid to stop gridlock and help ambulances reach A&E quickly.

Dating apps need to help tackle a rise in sexually transmitted infections, health experts say, as new figures show a rise in some diseases.

The threat of Zika in the US has been known about for months. One pregnant women in Florida thinks more should have been done to tackle it.

Hundreds of people in the UK have received an organ transplant from a former cancer patient, despite many believing you cannot donate if you have had the disease, data shows.

The Local Government Association says unregistered tattooists are inking children illegally.

Zika virus is found in the sperm of an Italian man six months after his first symptoms, twice as long as in previously reported cases.

Five million Nigerian children are due to be vaccinated against polio after the first new cases for two years, the government says.

Representatives of junior doctors call for fresh industrial action in their dispute with the health secretary about a new contract.

A new online campaign is putting pressure on fast food giant McDonald's to impose a global ban on products from animals treated with antibiotics.

Local councils want tougher sentences for illegal tattooists, who they warn are offering cheap prices for their services to children.

Professor Roger Pickup gives his view on whether Wimbledon player Gabriella Taylor could have been intentionally poisoned with Weil's disease at Wimbledon- and whether you can be infected from a drinks can.

Eight paraplegic people have regained partial movement after a one-year training programme based on brain-controlled robotics, researchers say.

The market is booming in apps which help women track their periods - but there are warnings about data concerns.

Delays in discharging patients from hospital have risen 23% since June last year, NHS England reveals.

A mother describes how her stillborn baby was "left to rot" for six days on a hospital floor instead of being taken to a mortuary.

There has not been a polio case in Africa for two years - after another year, the continent will be declared free of the disease, writes BBC Africa Health correspondent Anne Soy.

The first NHS hospital to be privately run is rated 'good' after nearly two years in special measures but must improve its emergency care.

One in three female students in the UK has a mental health problem, a survey suggests.

Guinea is now free of Ebola but pregnant women are still afraid of the virus and are avoiding hospital, writes the BBC's Tamasin Ford.

Some mental health patients in England are being denied timely treatment promised by the government, figures reveal.

Some mental health patients in England are being denied timely treatment promised by the government, figures reveal.

Sudden unexplained infant deaths or cot deaths reached the lowest level on record in England and Wales, according to new figures.

A woman with a 100-year-old kidney she received from her mother says its longevity is down to coming from "good stock".

Hospital bosses are considering shutting an accident and emergency department in Grantham at night to combat a staffing crisis.

Zika infection during pregnancy may cause limb joint deformities in the baby, experts now fear.

A number of Olympians - including the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time, Michael Phelps - have been photographed with large red circles on their skin. What are they?

Jamie Oliver and his wife Jools announced the birth of their fifth child over social media. But along with the pictures of the little bundle came the news that their two eldest daughters were there to watch their mum give birth.

A £6.6m extension to a hospital's cardiac intensive care unit, aimed at cutting surgery waiting times, is unveiled.

An NHS commissioning group considers putting a temporary ban on non-vital operations and some IVF services in a bid to save money.

Parents have been inadvertently giving their children higher doses of paracetamol than recommended, a BBC investigation reveals.

Measures aimed at reducing the time transgender people have to wait for a consultation at an NHS gender identity clinic are introduced.

A single drug can treat three deadly and neglected infections - Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and sleeping sickness - animal studies show..

Almost 40% of retailers targeted in an operation by Trading Standards in England are caught illegally selling e-cigarette products to under-18s.

After the pioneer of the derriere-enhancing cosmetic procedure dies, we take a look at his legacy.

Music festivals including Glastonbury have become a hotbed of measles this summer, Public Health England has warned.

Eating disorders, dieting and extreme exercising are as much of a problem for secondary school boys as for girls, suggests a survey.

Terminally ill actor and disability campaigner Brian Rix, 92, says the law on assisted dying needs changing, having previously opposed it in the House of Lords in 2006.