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Eating a lot of fish may help protect against depression, Chinese research suggests.
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Ahead of an MPs' debate on legalising assisted dying, Fergus Walsh speaks to Adrian Small, a terminally ill patient being cared for at a hospice, about living with his disease.
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Humans are biologically wired to be lazy, making sessions at the gym even harder, a study published in Current Biology suggests.
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NHS figures have warned that "stringent" immigration rules are preventing them from getting enough nurses on wards.
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Alzheimer's Research UK say there is no data to link the disease to surgery.
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Children with learning disabilities are more vulnerable to sexual exploitation than other youngsters, according to research published by a group of children's charities.
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Leading NHS figures have issued a stark and unusual warning that hospitals cannot get much-needed foreign nurses to work on wards in time for winter.
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People might be able to contract Alzheimer's during certain medical procedures, just like they can catch the brain disease CJD, say researchers.
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Child mortality has fallen by more than 50% since 1990, a report by the World Health Organization and UN children's organisation Unicef says.
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A small sponge-like implant that can mop up cancer cells as they move through the body is developed by US researchers.
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A new computer model predicts that multi-bed hospital wards increase bacterial hand contamination by 20% compared with single-bed wards.
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As they prepare a major trial of the idea, UK scientists say that starting school at 10:00 could have huge benefits for teenagers because it better matches their “body clock".
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With exactly one year to go until the Paralympics begin in Brazil, how is the city preparing and what is it like for disabled people living there?
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Schools are being offered work experience packages to help pupils' university applications, prompting warnings about barriers to social mobility.
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NHS patients in Kent could soon have surgery at a hospital in Calais under a deal being finalised by health commissioners.
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A brain region called the insular cortex may drive smoking addiction, say scientists who found stroke survivors with damage to this part of the brain more easily kicked the habit.
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Two Denbighshire hospitals which had serious food safety standard failings uncovered by an inspection are given improved ratings.
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Stockpiles of one of the world's most effective anti-venom to treat snakebite are running out, putting tens of thousands of lives at risk, experts warn.
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Schoolchildren should be taught how to wash their hands to tackle the growing threat of drug resistant bacteria, say health officials.
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One of the most effective types of anti-venom for treating snake bites is about to run out, which could lead to many deaths.
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Some local authorities in England are not doing enough to prevent health problems in children under the age of five, a report by the National Children's Bureau suggests.
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There have been 14 claims of bullying by staff at the State Hospital in Carstairs in just five years, BBC Scotland can reveal.
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have created a "vomit machine".
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A leading charity says young children in some parts of England are far more likely to have poorer health than those in other areas.
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A distributor of "highly toxic" diet pills that killed a Shropshire student agrees to stop selling them after being confronted by her mother.
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Baby deaths at an NHS hospital could have been prevented if reforms recommended after the Harold Shipman case were made, a doctor claims.
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An NHS trust was told there were no mental health beds available across England for its patients, its medical director says.
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Lee Curry received a four-week benefits sanction for not turning up to an appointment that the job centre failed to tell him about.
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Scientists say they have developed a way of testing how well, or badly, your body is ageing.
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Cancer patients suffer in Greece's failing health system
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New research supports claims that patients admitted to hospitals at weekends are at greater risk of dying compared with those admitted during the week.
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The City of Miami Beach has installed 50 sun cream dispensers around the city, giving residents and tourists access to free sun cream.
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The case for improving hospital care at weekends is "simply unassailable", medical chiefs say, as new figures on death rates are published.
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Day in the life of a consultant on call in Colchester at the weekend.
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The goal of seven-day GP opening is unachievable in this Parliament and risks destabilising services, the Royal College of GPs says.
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Using electricity to stimulate parts of the brain may ease the symptoms of motion sickness, scientists say.
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Dr Jim O'Donnell is part of a pilot scheme to provide GP services seven days a week.
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Dr Simon Sherwood has worked as a GP for 20 years, but says it has never been this tough.
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The Cancer Drugs Fund in England has cut 23 treatments from the list of medicines it funds.
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A leading health think tank has challenged the government's rationale for a full seven-day service in the NHS in England.
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A Sierra Leone village of nearly 1,000 people is put under quarantine after a dead woman's body tested positive for Ebola.
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Palliative care experts say more investment is needed to improve the care of dying patients.
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Aspirin may be able to boost the effectiveness of cutting-edge cancer medicines that bolster the immune system, scientists say.
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Weight loss surgery cures half of patients with type-2 diabetes, for at least five years, a study suggests.
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Can you get a bald spot from a bang on the head?
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Plans to introduce minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland face further delay, following an initial ruling by Europe's highest court.
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Pregnant women should ensure they have the whooping cough vaccine to protect their babies, Public Health England is urging.
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Smoking breaks could be banned for thousands of council employees under new proposals, it emerges.
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