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Levels of obesity in China's rural youth have rapidly increased, a study warns, because of socioeconomic changes.
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The withdrawal of emergency care as part of the strike by junior doctors was "disproportionate", according to the health secretary.
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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.
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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.
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A Dutchman dubbed the "dentist of horror" is sentenced to eight years in France for mutilating the mouths of some 120 patients.
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Morning flu jabs provoke a stronger immune response than those given in the afternoon, a trial shows.
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BBC News looks at the issues at stake in the junior doctors argument with the government and asks whether a resolution is in sight.
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Neurologist Suzanne O'Sullivan wins the £30,000 Wellcome Book Prize for her book about psychosomatic illness, It's All in Your Head.
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Bed bugs appear to have a strong preference for particular colours - a quirk that could be used against the troublesome pests, say scientists.
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Junior doctors' leaders are trying to bring down the government, sources in government tell the BBC.
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Pembrokeshire council is being recommended to close a Haverfordwest care home, with nine jobs being lost.
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Most people suffering with eating disorders in Japan are not receiving any medical or psychological support, according to doctors.
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Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt rejects a cross-party suggestion of piloting a new junior doctor contract, saying it will already be phased in gradually.
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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.
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A complete picture of what the immune system attacks to cause type 1 diabetes is revealed by scientists.
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'This is what it's like to pee after female genital mutilation'
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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.
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Restaurants should offer tap water to families eating out rather than waiting for customers to ask for it, say councils in England and Wales.
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British men are dangerously ignorant of the prostate gland, according to a men's health charity.
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Why is there so much sugar in 'savoury' food?
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Why I kept quiet about my cancer, just like Victoria
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What's it like to run the London Marathon with no sight?
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Surgeons say they are worried overweight patients and smokers in England and Wales are having surgery delayed or denied to save money.
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People sleep less well in an unfamiliar place as the brain's left side stays alert for danger, a study suggests.
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A major five-year investment in general practice in England is announced, with NHS bosses promising to "pull out all the stops" to help GP surgeries "get back on their feet".
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More than two billion people live in parts of the world where the Zika virus can spread, detailed maps show.
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A baby boy has now gone home safe and well after his brain-dead mother was kept alive on life support so he could be born, Polish authorities say.
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A council approves a ban on its thousands of employees from smoking cigarettes and e-cigarettes in its buildings, on its land and in council vehicles.
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A billboard that smells of human sweat and breath in order to attract and kill mosquitoes has been designed in Brazil.
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Motorcycle gunmen shoot dead seven policemen in the Pakistani city of Karachi in the latest attack against polio vaccination.
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In what is billed as the most significant meeting in years, UN members are discussing the global drugs problem - but sharp divisions have been exposed.
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How the Disney film helped a family deal with their daughter's albinism.
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A major trial is set to start in Scotland aimed at preventing type-1 diabetes in children
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Junior doctors in England may need to rethink plans to take part in next week's all-out strikes amid concerns some hospitals could struggle to cope, the regulator of the profession says.
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The number of babies dying before their first birthday in England and Wales is at its lowest ever, new figures have revealed
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A fifth of people with advanced melanoma have no sign of tumours in their body after treatment with a pair of immunotherapy drugs, a study shows.
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The predicted explosion of dementia may be less severe than previously thought, a study in Nature Communications suggests
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The NHS in England says it will reconsider whether or not to provide a drug treatment that can prevent HIV.
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A new type of cancer drug that wakes up the patient's own immune system to fight tumours could be a game changer for tackling head and neck cancers, say experts.
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Age UK has been criticised by the Charity Commission, after it recommended an energy tariff that was not the cheapest available.
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A Bristol woman with alopecia has spoken of the shock of losing her hair.
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Scientists believe injections of a natural protein could lessen the symptoms and progress of dementia after promising early trials in mice.
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How pooling patient data could help combat cancer
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More than 150 countries are switching to a different vaccine to target polio.
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A body found washed up in Dorset is that of missing junior doctor Rose Polge, police say.
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Elan Shoffman has Parkinson's disease, but he is determined to deliver a speech at his daughter's wedding.
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More than a third of people with Parkinson's disease feel the need to hide their symptoms or lie about having the condition, a survey by Parkinson's UK suggests.
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'I was born without a womb, cervix and vagina'
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More than 150 countries have begun switching to a different polio vaccine in a push to eradicate the disease completely.
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More than 150 countries begin switching to a different polio vaccine - an important milestone towards eradicating the disease, health campaigners say.
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