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About 2.5 million people in Britain - 9% of drinkers - consume more than the weekly recommended limit for alcohol in a single day, official figures show.
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Some hospitals provide maternity bereavement suites for families who suffer a loss, including the chance to spend time and have photos taken with their baby.
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Currently some hospitals provide a maternity bereavement suite. This is a peaceful place for parents whose babies have died.
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Hospital care out of hours in Wales is inadequate and there needs to be a systemic review, the public services ombudsman says.
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A lack of stem cells in the womb lining is causing thousands of women to suffer repeat miscarriages, say researchers in Warwick.
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Pop records set a bad example by portraying ageing and old people in a negative light, a study in a nursing journal says.
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Many mental health trusts in England have seen "no significant investment" in psychiatric services for children despite government plans to overhaul provision, say experts.
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A health campaign is targeting the over-40s in a bid to improve their lifestyles.
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A hospital consultant is under investigation over comments he made about a Muslim surgeon who wore a head scarf in an operating theatre.
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Every day in the UK 11 babies are stillborn - and research shows we still lag behind other wealthy countries when it comes to tackling the issue.
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Unhealthy middle-aged people must improve their lifestyles if they want to enjoy a healthy retirement, a new government campaign is warning.
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Two disgraced nurses are making thousands of pounds illegally prescribing Botox around the UK, a BBC investigation finds.
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GPs in England will be asked to give information on dementia to all patients over 40, under plans revealed by the government.
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People over 40 in England are to be given more information about dementia to help improve early diagnosis of the condition, the health secretary says.
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Grubs could hold the key to solving a major issue of malnutrition in Cameroon, according to scientists.
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After being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease five years ago, comedy writer Paul Mayhew-Archer decided to find out what was being done to develop treatments.
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The long-lasting effects of eating peanut products as a baby to avoid the risk of allergy are supported by new research.
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Zika virus kills the type of tissue found in the developing brain, researchers have shown.
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Darek Fidyka, who was paralysed from the chest down after a knife attack in 2010, can now ride an adapted tricycle.
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A woman who had her child using a surrogate in India said she felt her and her partner "knew where they stood" doing it abroad.
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A Zika vaccine could be ready for human trials in the summer, according to the man in charge of the US government's research programme.
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The parents of twins with cerebral palsy are calling for the NHS to make a "truly life-changing" operation available to everyone with the condition.
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Scientists in the United States say a vaccine against the Zika virus could be ready for human trials within six months.
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Scientists from University College, London believe they have discovered a way to "steer" the immune system to kill cancers.
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Tim Muffett caught up with the Maceachen family as Harry and Simon prepared for liver transplant surgery.
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Inhaling laughing gas - nitrous oxide - after a traumatic event could help prevent distressing memories from "sticking" in the brain, research suggests.
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Fewer children would develop infections in intensive care if the plastic tubes used to deliver drugs straight into their veins were coated in antibiotics, a study in The Lancet suggests.
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A hospital in Birmingham is told to report weekly to the health watchdog amid concerns of high death rates during or following heart operations.
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American women's football star Brandi Chastain pledges to donate her brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation.
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The emotional stress that causes chest pains and breathlessness can occur in moments of joy as well as anger, grief and fear, a Swiss study suggests.
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Education officials in Sri Lanka exclude a boy from school after false rumours that he had HIV.
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More than 70 doctors and academics call for a ban on tackling in rugby in UK and Irish schools, arguing injuries can have lifelong consequences for children.
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Offering the meningitis B vaccine to all children is "not cost effective" and would be a waste of NHS resources, the government says.
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NHS weight loss operations in the North East take place at double the rate of anywhere else in England, figures reveal.
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The number of hip replacement operations on people aged under 60 has risen 76% in the last decade, NHS figures for England reveal.
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Can Ethiopians abide by a new ban and stub out cigarettes?
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Hundreds of thousands of people in the US territory of Puerto Rico could become infected with the Zika virus in the coming months, according to the director of America's Centre for Disease Control.
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The US Centre for Disease Control has warned that hundreds of thousands of people in the territory of Puerto Rico could become infected in the coming months and the possible spread of infection in mainland.
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The chairman of the scandal-hit South East Coast Ambulance Service, Tony Thorne, is told to leave his post, the BBC understands.
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Public Health England strengthens its advice on Zika, saying pregnant women should postpone non-essential travel to areas with outbreaks of the virus.
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Scientists say they have pinpointed a gene responsible for grey hair - a discovery that could lead to new ways to delay or prevent this natural sign of ageing.
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New research from Consensus Action on Salt and Health shows some ready meals contain more salt than ever before.
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The UK government is warned to drastically reduce air pollution or face renewed legal action.
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A police-led review into high death rates at the former Stafford Hospital finds there is not enough evidence to prosecute individuals.
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An "unprecedented" £1.6m is pledged for two Welsh cancer projects by Cancer Research Wales.
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Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has come face to face with the British choir that beat him to the Christmas Number One slot.
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The NHS in England should pay care homes to look after patients trapped in hospitals because of the delayed discharges problem, a report suggests.
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Ten new housing developments in England are to be built with healthy living in mind, under an NHS scheme.
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Health is the biggest single issue that could affect the way people vote in the assembly election, a BBC Cymru Wales poll suggests.
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