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There is a postcode lottery for an essential surgical treatment for Parkinson's depending on which side of Scotland you live, a charity says.

Teams of mental health nurses and police are giving support on the ground to help keep mental health sufferers out of prison cells.

A quarter of British parents feel lonely and isolated, according to a survey by the charity Action for Children.

Fifty portraits of women showing their breasts following cancer treatment are being exhibited at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.

Women who eat healthily before and during pregnancy may cut the risk of their baby developing a heart problem, researchers believe.

WH Smith is accused of exploiting customers at hospital stores after a BBC investigation found it was charging significantly lower prices on the high street.

Parents too often fail to recognise the mental health pressures faced by girls and young women, suggests research from Girlguiding.

A Swansea University student's selfie with his colostomy bag is viewed by more than one million people online.

If you dialled 999 and asked for an ambulance, how would you feel if a firefighter arrived instead?

A consultation about plans which could see consultant-led maternity care withdrawn from a district hospital in north Wales has begun.

One in five people over 65 who drink is consuming an "unsafe" level of alcohol, a study finds.

Sharing childcare makes for happier couples with better sex lives, US research suggests.

A row over spending on mental health in England breaks out after Labour accuses ministers of failing to honour promises.

The little-known carbon monoxide risk

One of the deadliest risks from BBQ cooking happens once the flames have gone out.

A six-year-old boy with a muscle-wasting disease has received more than 20,000 birthday cards after his mother made an appeal.

The number of people living with dementia in western Europe is stabilising, according to a new report.

Warnings of a "dementia epidemic" may have been overblown, according to new research published in the Lancet medical journal.

The number of people with dementia is levelling off in parts of Western Europe - and even falling in the UK - according to a report by University of Cambridge scientists.

Scientists have shed light on why a common and sometimes fatal lung infection in people who have cystic fibrosis can be so hard to treat.

A review of the quality of care provided to newborn and young babies with severe health problems will be carried out in England.

Hugh Pym: The cost of social care is set to be a major issue for this government

A prototype vaccine against the lung infection MERS coronavirus shows promising results, scientists say.

The National Living Wage could result in a "catastrophic collapse" in the number of care homes, according to the five biggest providers.

People working more than 40 hours a week are more likely to have a stroke, a study suggests.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves a libido-enhancing drug for women that has been dubbed "female Viagra".

The US Food and Drug Administration approves a libido-enhancing drug for women that has been dubbed "female Viagra".

What you need to know

The world's first officially sanctioned drug to boost sexual desire in women has been given approval in the US. But what does it do and who wants it?

A ten-year-old, Kino, plays a grand piano to entertain and distract patients and visitors at a Bristol hospital relax.

A heavy smoker, Elaine Butler, explains how using e-cigs, along with other products to help smokers stop, helped her quit.

E-cigarettes are 95% less harmful than tobacco and could be prescribed on the NHS, an independent review compiled for Public Health England says.

Even light and moderate drinking - up to one drink a day for women and two drinks a day for men - could increase the risk of cancer, say researchers.

Controversial changes to withdraw consultant-led maternity care from one district hospital in north Wales will go to public consultation.

An owner of a care home is found guilty of force-feeding elderly residents and failing to seek immediate help for a scalded 99-year-old woman.

A man convicted of illegally impersonating a dentist and carrying out teeth whitening is still running a clinic in Belfast, the BBC learns.

A hospital scan normally used to detect cancer could be used to steer tumour killing treatments to hard-to-reach targets in the body, say scientists.

"Soft-touch" and "hazardous" doctors should be disciplined for prescribing too many antibiotics, a leading NHS figure says.

Health providers in some areas have decided that it is time to reassess whether providing gluten-free food, which is now widely available in most supermarkets, is really a wise use of NHS money.

The odd dreams people get when on malaria drug Larium

Ministers are urging people not to be put off by failures of the flu vaccine last year and get immunised this autumn.

The US government unveils a $5m (£3.2m) initiative to combat the use and trafficking of heroin amid a rising number of cases, especially in the north-east.

Over 200 academics have signed an open letter criticising controversial new research suggesting a link between violent video games and aggression.

For the first time since the Ebola outbreak was declared in Sierra Leone, the country has recorded zero new infections.

The number of people living with diabetes has soared by nearly 60% in the past decade, a charity warns.

A woman who has type 2 diabetes, Ramona Mulligan, describes what it was like to discover she had the condition and how she changed her lifestyle to cope with it.

Diabetes UK warns that the growing number of people being treated for diabetes is putting the NHS under huge financial strain.

The Ministry of Defence is urged to stop providing a controversial anti-malaria tablet to British soldiers after it is linked to severe depression and other mental illnesses.