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The health benefits of cycling and walking outweigh the negative effects of air pollution, a UK study suggests.

Scientists create a portable blood glucose measure for diabetics which uses microwaves instead of pricking the skin.

The NHS choir that beat Justin Bieber to the UK's Christmas number one spot in 2015 signs a film deal to tell its story of success.

A hospital trust admits liability after failings at one of its midwife-led units resulted in a baby being stillborn.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust is rated "outstanding" despite concerns over its new pioneering emergency-only hospital.

An unmanned robot has successfully stitched together a pig's bowel, moving science a step closer to automated surgery, say experts.

Dementia researchers develop a video game they hope could further the development of diagnostic tests for the disease.

More than a quarter of care homes in the UK are in danger of going out of business within three years, figures obtained by BBC Radio 4 suggest.

A mental health trust admitted failing a man accused of murdering a motorist by stabbing him 39 times on a road in West Sussex, a court is told.

Google has signed an agreement with the Royal Free London NHS Trust to gain access to data of hundreds of thousands of patients.

A US jury court orders Johnson & Johnson to pay $55m (£40m) to a woman who woman who says its talcum powder caused her ovarian cancer.

The gap between the lifespans of rich and poor people in England and Wales is rising for the first time since the 1870s, research suggests.

Scientists say they now have a near-perfect picture of the genetic events that cause breast cancer, which they hope will unlock new ways of treating the disease.

A teenager has died after she was believed to have taken ecstasy on a night out, police say.

Medical staff have placed "do not resuscitate" orders on thousands of patients in England without telling their families, an audit suggests.

Increasing symptoms of depression in older age could indicate early signs of dementia, say scientists.

A hospital trust that ran a unit where a man drowned in the bath is to be investigated for safety breaches.

The NHS mental health trust which ran a care unit where a teenager drowned in a bath is "continuing to put patients at risk", inspectors say.

Newborn babies are being tested for alcohol after researchers raised concerns about pregnant women drinking regularly.

Scientists say sleep patterns previously thought exclusive to mammals and birds are also found in lizards.

Scientists say they have made a leap in knowing why some people retain their youthful looks while others age badly.

A genetic therapy improves the vision of some patients who would otherwise have gone blind.

The chairman of one of England's biggest mental health trusts has resigned ahead of a critical report to be published on Friday.

Children in care have more mental health problems but too often miss out on treatment, say MPs.

Smokers should be encouraged to use e-cigarettes to help them quit, says Dr Nick Hopkinson of the Royal College of Physicians.

Smokers should be offered and encouraged to use e-cigarettes to help them quit, says a leading medical body.

Ministers and doctors have both vowed to fight on as the first all-out doctor strikes in the history of the NHS ended in England without any major problems.

Junior doctors are taking part in their second all-out strike in England, walking out of both routine and emergency care in protest at the imposition of a new contract.

"Clean air zones" targeting drivers of high-polluting vehicles should be extended to more cities in England, MPs say.

An Australian man took himself to hospital after a venomous redback spider bit him on the penis in a portable toilet.

Levels of obesity in China's rural youth have rapidly increased, a study warns, because of socioeconomic changes.

The withdrawal of emergency care as part of the strike by junior doctors was "disproportionate", according to the health secretary.

Hospitals in England have coped well with the all-out strike by junior doctors - the first in the history of the NHS - health bosses are reporting.

The first-ever all-out doctors' strike is a "bleak day", ministers say, but hospitals seem to be coping well during Tuesday's stoppage in England.

A Dutchman dubbed the "dentist of horror" is sentenced to eight years in France for mutilating the mouths of some 120 patients.

Morning flu jabs provoke a stronger immune response than those given in the afternoon, a trial shows.

BBC News looks at the issues at stake in the junior doctors argument with the government and asks whether a resolution is in sight.

Neurologist Suzanne O'Sullivan wins the £30,000 Wellcome Book Prize for her book about psychosomatic illness, It's All in Your Head.

Bed bugs appear to have a strong preference for particular colours - a quirk that could be used against the troublesome pests, say scientists.

Junior doctors' leaders are trying to bring down the government, sources in government tell the BBC.

Pembrokeshire council is being recommended to close a Haverfordwest care home, with nine jobs being lost.

Most people suffering with eating disorders in Japan are not receiving any medical or psychological support, according to doctors.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt rejects a cross-party suggestion of piloting a new junior doctor contract, saying it will already be phased in gradually.

A group of MPs has called on Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to pilot the use of a new NHS contract in a bid to end the ongoing row with junior doctors.

'This is what it's like to pee after female genital mutilation'

More than 100,000 patients are expected to have appointments postponed or operations delayed as a result of next week's strike by junior doctors, NHS England says.

Restaurants should offer tap water to families eating out rather than waiting for customers to ask for it, say councils in England and Wales.