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Parents are being urged to sign up for a free app which tells them the sugar content of food and drink, created by Public Health England.

BBC News takes a look at the facts and figures behind some of the most popular breakfast choices in the UK.

Global Health correspondent Tulip Mazumdar takes a look at what health stories may dominate the headlines in 2016.

Emergency departments across Northern Ireland are currently experiencing a high level of pressure, according to the Health and Social Care Board (HSC).

Laws on electronic cigarettes are to change across Europe, with new health warnings and controls on how they are sold.

People in a bar are asked to rank several drinks, and a bag of crisps, in order of calorific content.

Breweries and alcoholic drink companies should introduce calorie count signs on all bottles and cans, according to the Local Government Association

Makers of alcoholic drinks are being urged by the Local Government Association to display the calorie count on bottles and cans.

New advice on how much people in the UK should limit their drinking is to be issued following the first review of official alcohol guidance in 20 years.

Proposed new guidelines on how much people should limit their alcohol intake are to be issued following the first review of official advice in 20 years.

Spending time with loved ones with dementia is important even after they fail to recognise the faces of friends and family, a dementia charity says.

Public Health England is encouraging people to take part in so-called Dry January, by pledging to give up alcohol for the whole month.

Doctors and nurses involved in the fight against the world's worst outbreak of Ebola have been recognised in the New Year Honours list.

Margaret Thatcher was effectively overruled by her Cabinet over the handling of the Aids crisis in 1986, newly-released government documents show.

London's air ambulance is trialling a hand-held scanner which can detect potentially life-threatening brain injuries.

Elderly people are reluctant to make complaints about poor health care or do not know how to, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman says.

Patients needing surgery to reconstruct body parts such as noses and ears could soon be able to have treatment using cartilage which has been grown in a lab.

The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the end of the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, two years after the epidemic began there.

Public Health England is urging smokers to quit their habit in 2016 to avoid developing serious lung conditions that can be debilitating.

Smokers are being urged not to dismiss early signs of a debilitating disease as simply a smoker's cough, in a new campaign in England.

Gene editing to the rise of immunotherapy, 2015 has been a transformative year

Millions of people in England experience problems with continence, but many are not getting the support they need, health officials warn.

Robert Spitzer, the influential US psychiatrist who helped declassify homosexuality as an illness, dies aged 83.

Gonorrhoea could become an untreatable disease, England's top doctor warns, amid concerns some pharmacies are not prescribing for it properly.

NHS England is urging people to attend A and E units, only if "absolutely necessary" during the rest of the Christmas period.

Research has found that ballet can have significant physical and emotional benefits for people suffering from Parkinson's disease.

The highs and lows of being a Christmas Day worker

There's an increasing amount of scientific research that suggests the extra work bilingual brains do when translating has additional benefits - especially in old age.

More lives could be saved if doctors gave blood pressure drugs to all patients at high risk of heart disease, a study suggests.

How staff at one centre are trying to help patients enjoy the festivities

More lives could be saved if doctors considered using blood pressure drugs for all patients at high risk of heart disease - even if their blood pressures are normal, a study suggests.

The EU's top court says cash-strapped Greece is violating EU law by allowing doctors to work long hours without proper rest.

A cancer patient from Cornwall has become one of the first in the UK to have testicular tissue frozen to help him have children in later life.

A court has said the government's case for introducing a minimum unit price for alcohol is contrary to EU law if alternative tax options exist.

A young boy with an inoperable brain tumour has has testicular tissue frozen so that he has a chance of having his own children when he grows up.

Care homes are added to an NHS website that lets people compare the performance of health services across England.

Chancellor George Osborne's promise of a £3.8bn financial boost for the NHS in England next year has "unravelled", the Labour Party says.

NHS urged to adopt innovation more quickly

Simple forgetfulness or early dementia? Charity offers advice on recognising the warning signs.

Weight-loss surgery can cut a person's risk of diabetes and heart attacks as well as keep fat off, a UK study suggests.

The collapse of an £800m NHS out-sourcing contract is to reviewed by independent experts.

Some hospital trusts in England are making more than £3m a year from car parking fees, Freedom of Information requests find.

Hospital visits for alcohol poisoning have doubled in six years, with the highest rate among girls and women aged 15 to 19, a report finds.

The US Food and Drug Administration will allow gay men to donate blood if they have been celibate for one year.

Drug-related deaths have soared in New Hampshire where an epidemic of heroin addiction and overdoses has claimed victims from every section of society.

New Hampshire's court system and emergency services are being overwhelmed by a heroin epidemic - but is locking up addicts the answer to the crisis?