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VIDEO: Can ballet ease Parkinson's symptoms?
Research has found that ballet can have significant physical and emotional benefits for people suffering from Parkinson's disease.
Only use A&E in emergency, public told
The public are being urged to think twice before they use A&E over the festive period to help hospitals cope.
The highs and lows of being a Christmas Day worker
The highs and lows of being a Christmas Day worker
VIDEO: The advantages of a bilingual brain
There's an increasing amount of scientific research that suggests the extra work bilingual brains do when translating has additional benefits - especially in old age.
VIDEO: Blood pressure guidance 'needs review'
More lives could be saved if doctors gave blood pressure drugs to all patients at high risk of heart disease, a study suggests.
Hospice care at Christmas
How staff at one centre are trying to help patients enjoy the festivities
Blood pressure drugs rethink urged
More lives could be saved if doctors considered using blood pressure drugs for all patients at high risk of heart disease - even if their blood pressures are normal, a study suggests.
Greek doctors' hours 'break EU law'
The EU's top court says cash-strapped Greece is violating EU law by allowing doctors to work long hours without proper rest.
VIDEO: Nine-year-old has testicular tissue frozen
A cancer patient from Cornwall has become one of the first in the UK to have testicular tissue frozen to help him have children in later life.
Minimum drink price 'may breach EU law'
A court has said the government's case for introducing a minimum unit price for alcohol is contrary to EU law if alternative tax options exist.
Young boy has testicular tissue frozen
A young boy with an inoperable brain tumour has has testicular tissue frozen so that he has a chance of having his own children when he grows up.
Care homes on NHS comparison website
Care homes are added to an NHS website that lets people compare the performance of health services across England.
Labour: Extra NHS cash vow 'unravels'
Chancellor George Osborne's promise of a £3.8bn financial boost for the NHS in England next year has "unravelled", the Labour Party says.
NHS 'must adopt innovation faster'
NHS urged to adopt innovation more quickly
How to spot dementia in a loved one
Simple forgetfulness or early dementia? Charity offers advice on recognising the warning signs.
Weight loss surgery 'cuts diabetes'
Weight-loss surgery can cut a person's risk of diabetes and heart attacks as well as keep fat off, a UK study suggests.
£800m health contract collapse reviewed
The collapse of an £800m NHS out-sourcing contract is to reviewed by independent experts.
Some NHS trusts make £3m from parking
Some hospital trusts in England are making more than £3m a year from car parking fees, Freedom of Information requests find.
Alcohol poisoning A&E visits 'double'
Hospital visits for alcohol poisoning have doubled in six years, with the highest rate among girls and women aged 15 to 19, a report finds.
US to allow gay men to be blood donors
The US Food and Drug Administration will allow gay men to donate blood if they have been celibate for one year.
VIDEO: Unlikely face of US heroin epidemic
Drug-related deaths have soared in New Hampshire where an epidemic of heroin addiction and overdoses has claimed victims from every section of society.
VIDEO: 'I can lock addicts up but they'll be back'
New Hampshire's court system and emergency services are being overwhelmed by a heroin epidemic - but is locking up addicts the answer to the crisis?
Boy needing surgery 'found in Poland'
A 10-year-old boy, who needs urgent surgery for jaw cancer, is with his mother in Poland and could be back in the UK by Christmas, a family court hears.
VIDEO: 'My son's death not investigated'
More evidence is emerging of failures to investigate unexpected deaths in the NHS.
Bugs resist 'last antibiotic' in UK
Bacteria that resist the most common antibiotic of last resort - colistin - are discovered in the UK.
Cancer vaccine offered to gay men
A cancer vaccination is to be offered to gay men under the age of 45 on the Welsh NHS, the health minister says.
Cancer-stricken mum's appeal hits £12k
A charity appeal set up by a cancer-stricken mother whose baby daughter died at the weekend raises 60 times its original target.
Free wi-fi 'in all NHS buildings'
Free wi-fi is to be provided in all NHS buildings in England in a bid to improve services and reduce costs, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says.
Hospitals fail to hit nurse targets
The vast majority of hospitals in England are struggling to recruit enough nurses, NHS figures show.
VIDEO: Hospitals missing nurse number targets
A majority of NHS hospitals in England are failing to recruit enough nurses to provide safe levels of staffing, official figures show.
Tasmania may raise smoking age to 25
The Australian state of Tasmania is considering raising the legal age for buying cigarettes to as high as 25, giving it some of the world's toughest tobacco laws.
A&E matron: It's like a complex chess game
An A&E matron talks of life on the ward
VIDEO: Couples trial low-cost IVF in Ghana
Suzanne Vanhooymissen has been to Ghana - to see if doctors could help couples to conceive - using a low-cost IVF treatment.
Web sales 'fuel stress drug addiction'
Deaths linked to a commonly prescribed class of drug, used to treat anxiety and insomnia, reach record levels.
Does going into hospital make you sick?
Is hospital so unpleasant it makes you ill?
VIDEO: Why 'Mad Friday' leads to 'Dry January'
'Mad Friday', the last working Friday in December, is one of the biggest drinking nights of the year, but leads many to take part in 'Dry January'.
Alcohol warning on 'Mad Friday'
Revellers are warned to drink responsibly, amid fears of an increase in alcohol-fuelled emergencies on the last weekend before Christmas.
A&Es 'not equipped to cope with winter'
A&E units across the UK are not equipped to cope with the rising demands being seen this winter, emergency care doctors say.
Christmas conceptions lead to baby boom
More babies are born on days at the end of September in England and Wales than at any other time of the year.
Folic acid in flour 'would cut defects'
UK experts back a call for flour to be fortified with folic acid, which they say would have prevented about 2,000 cases of serious birth defects since 1998.
NHS death investigations to be reviewed
A review into the way deaths are investigated throughout the NHS has been announced by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
'On the run' doctor filmed up skirts
A hospital doctor has been on the run for more than four years after filming up women's skirts in an Essex shopping centre.
Ovarian cancer screening may cut deaths
Doctors say there is now "encouraging" evidence that an annual blood test for ovarian cancer may cut deaths by a fifth.
VIDEO: Funding to encourage active children
Children as young as five will be encouraged to be more active through community sport investment
Cancer 'not just down to bad luck'
Cancer is overwhelmingly a result of environmental factors and not largely down to bad luck, a study by doctors in New York suggests.
VIDEO: Luck or lifestyle the cause of cancer?
Cancer is overwhelmingly a result of environmental factors and not largely down to bad luck, a study suggests.
Pupils take fizzy drink challenge
Pupils are challenged to give up fizzy drinks
VIDEO: Children take fizzy drink challenge
School pupils in Blackpool, Lancashire, have been seeing if they could give up sugar-laden fizzy drinks for 21 days.
Hospital staffing 'affects death rates'
Fewer patients die after emergency surgery in hospitals that have more doctors and nurses, a study suggests.
VIDEO: Patient plays sax during brain surgery
A man plays the saxophone as surgeons remove a tumour from his brain.
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