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A new cancer drug can significantly slow the spread of deadly recurrent breast cancers, a study shows.

UK scientists have developed a blood test to help doctors pick the best drug for patients with depression.

Hannah Kara, 21, speaks about the social anxiety she has suffered, as a global review reveals women are nearly twice as likely to experience anxiety as men.

The Welsh NHS would need an extra £246m a year by 2030 to cope with EU migration if it stayed in the union, leave campaigners say .

A drug to treat alcohol problems was licensed for use despite insufficient evidence it was effective, researchers in Scotland find.

Anxiety disorders need more research and women are nearly twice as likely to be affected as men, a global review by University of Cambridge scientists finds.

The first major trial to see whether losing weight reduces the risk of cancers coming back is about to start in the US and Canada.

Taking hormonal drugs for up to 15 years reduces the risk of breast cancers coming back, a landmark study suggests.

Boxer Muhammad Ali's life with the degenerative condition

Actor Michael J Fox has praised Muhammad Ali for his work in fighting Parkinson's disease, a medical condition they both suffered from.

A expandable tube, or stent, inserted into the bowels of cancer patients can cut the odds of them needing a colostomy bag, cancer doctors say.

Parents in the UK may be inadvertently feeding their babies and toddlers larger portions than they need, experts warn.

A great-grandfather becomes one of the first in the UK to be treated for a stroke, using stem cells.

Cancer is entering a "new era" of personalised medicine with drugs targeted to the specific weaknesses in each patient's tumour, say doctors.

Hundreds of nurses and midwives are expected to join a demonstration in London calling for a rethink of plans to scrap maintenance grants for students in England.

The UK's chief inspector of air accidents is the leading contender to run a new organisation which aims to make the NHS in England safer.

Four members of an anti-obesity campaign have resigned after a controversial report suggesting low-fat and lower cholesterol diets are having "disastrous health consequences".

A virtual reality app aims to provide a sense of what it is like to live with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.

The BBC speaks to a victim of racism within the NHS, after a report found black and ethnic minority staff in England are more likely to report bullying and harassment than white colleagues.

Northern Ireland's lifetime ban on gay men donating blood to be lifted.

Black and ethnic minority staff working in the NHS are more likely to report being bullied or harassed than their white colleagues, the first national review by NHS England suggests.

A high-calorie, mega milkshake known as a "freakshake" is causing queues outside cafes and giving health campaigners sleepless nights.

A new organisation designed to make the NHS in England safer must have its independence guaranteed in law, a cross-party committee of MPs says.

Chris Roberts, his wife Jayne and daughter Kate recorded their experience of dementia using video diaries and CCTV.

Scientists say they have found a gene that causes a rare but inherited form of multiple sclerosis.

One in five people with motor neurone disease waits more than a year to see a brain specialist for help with diagnosis, a snapshot survey by the MND Association suggests.

The chief executive of a scandal-hit NHS trust that has come under scrutiny over emergency callouts leaves his job.

Charities express anger after NHS England confirms it will not fund a "game-changer" drug treatment that can prevent HIV.

Plain packaging for cigarettes is about to "go global" in a move that will have a "huge impact" on health, the World Health Organization says.

At least 2,234 people in India contracted the deadly HIV virus while getting blood transfusions in hospitals in the past 17 months.

Families of victims of the Winterbourne View scandal write to the prime minister demanding he shuts outdated care home institutions.

Almost 75% of older children in England and Wales with diabetes are not getting key health checks, a study suggests.

Why they are vital for plugging the "immunisation loophole"

The truth about running when you are pregnant

The proposed sugar tax will "hit the poorest families hardest" and should be scrapped, the Taxpayers' Alliance says.

New data suggests more than half of us only go for a walk at work when we need the toilet.

Annual sickness levels among ambulance service staff are at the lowest level since 2012, figures show.

The NHS could save millions of pounds if families and doctors were offered mediation when they disagreed on a treatment, a leading consultant says.

A leading anaesthetist is calling for compulsory mediation between patients, or their relatives, and doctors who clash over the right form of treatment.

The World Health Organization has dismissed calls for the Rio Olympic Games to be moved because of the Zika outbreak in Brazil.

The World Health Organization plays down concerns that the Rio Olympics will spread the Zika virus, amid calls for the Games to be postponed.

Mental health services turned away more than a quarter of children referred for support without help in England in 2015, a report says.

More than a quarter of children referred for mental health support in England last year were turned away, according to a report from the Children's Commissioner.

The 96-year-old man behind the Heimlich manoeuvre has used the technique to save a woman choking at his retirement home.

Dr Henry Heimlich has used the Heimlich manoeuvre to save a choking woman at his retirement home.

Scotland's urban areas, particularly around Glasgow, have the highest lung disease mortality rates in Britain, according to a new report.

The Scottish nurse who survived Ebola says she has been left with permanent weakness in her leg and will probably never run again.