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George Osborne announces a tax on sugary soft drinks, downgrades growth forecasts and warns of the risks of leaving the EU in his Budget.
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| Updated | 2026-03-12 12:02 |
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Your views on the new tax on sugary soft drinks
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Nearly half of women who stop smoking during pregnancy take it up again as soon as they give birth, research in the journal Addiction shows.
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Patients suffer irreversible sight loss because of NHS squeeze, says leading expert
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Parents tell MPs that the cost of giving the meningitis B vaccine to more UK children would be justifiable and save lives.
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Police forces say they are "unable" to enforce the new law banning smoking in cars carrying children as there is no ticketing system in place.
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Get blood tests to hospital more quickly to speed up HIV diagnosis
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Fifteen-year-old girls in Scotland face more pressure from schoolwork and report poorer health than their international counterparts, a new study finds.
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Climate laws will be tightened to cut carbon emissions effectively to zero, the government says.
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A patient died while waiting nearly a year for heart surgery because of unacceptable waiting times for tests, a watchdog says.
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Girl Guides across the UK will be able to take a new badge in mental well-being and resilience from early next month.
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There are not enough doctors to run a seven-day NHS in England, according to a leading doctor.
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People who want to quit smoking are more likely to succeed, with advice and support, if they go "cold turkey" by stopping abruptly, a study shows.
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Parents are to tell MPs why they think the Meningitis B vaccine should be given to all UK children up to the age of 11.
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The chairman of the scandal-hit South East Coast Ambulance Service, Tony Thorne, resigns from his post.
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The shortlist for the 2016 Wellcome Book Prize, which recognises books about health or illness, has been revealed.
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Advertising junk food could soon be banned from children's content online, according to the UK's advertising watchdog.
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A dog that apparently predicts her owner's post-traumatic stress attacks has been awarded a prize at Crufts in Birmingham.
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European researchers have developed an artificial fingertip that provides tactile feedback.
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Labour peer Joan Bakewell says she is "deeply sorry" for causing "distress" by suggesting the rise of eating disorders among teenagers was a sign of "narcissism" in society.
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The rise of eating disorders such as anorexia among teenagers is a sign of narcissism in society, broadcaster Baroness Joan Bakewell has said.
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Arabella Carter-Johnson explains how her autistic daughter's life was transformed by Thula the cat.
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What's good for the gut about pickled cabbage?
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Scientists are infecting healthy volunteers with hookworms to help the development of a vaccine against the parasite.
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More than half a million disabled people could lose out as a result of further changes over the next four years to welfare payments.
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Doctors' leaders write to George Osborne asking for further funding for social care in next week's Budget.
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Doctors are concerned they are witnessing the start of a measles outbreak in London and the South East.
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A leading doctor who was an expert witness for parents accused of killing their children is found to have misled courts.
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Cases of scarlet fever in England and Wales have risen to the highest level since the 1960s, Public Health England says.
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Charges for NHS dental treatment in England will rise by 5% this year and next, the government has announced.
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Consultants in England could be offered new NHS contracts within weeks, the BBC understands, after what ministers describe as "constructive" negotiations.
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Some people with high levels of supposedly "good" cholesterol are at much greater risk of a heart disease, a study suggests.
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Gum disease is linked with a greater rate of cognitive decline for people with Alzheimer's Disease, research suggests.
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A pair of drugs can dramatically shrink some breast cancers in just 11 days, UK doctors have shown.
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Taiwanese researchers suggest many children diagnosed with ADHD may just be the youngest in the class.
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A&E delays in England have reached record levels, official figures show, as demand soars.
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Eating raw meat and making stone tools may be behind the smaller teeth and faces of humans compared with their ancient relatives.
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A pioneering procedure to heal the eye has been described as one of the "finest achievements" in regenerative medicine.
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The junior doctor dispute is beginning to take its toll on the NHS in England, health service leaders are warning, as medics take part in their third strike.
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The number of teenage girls getting pregnant in England and Wales is continuing to fall, figures show.
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A pair of Vietnamese twins have been found to have different fathers, in an extremely rare case.
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Health trusts in England are ranked by their ability to learn from mistakes, as part of several changes designed to improve patient safety.
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Ministers and junior doctors are locked in an increasingly fraught dispute in England. But what exactly is this row about?
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Three junior doctors explain why they are striking against government plans to introduce a new contract.
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George, 20, says he was put on anti-depressants by his doctor when he was 15, after a five minute consultation.
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A rise in the use of anti-depressant drugs among children is a concern, the World Health Organization says.
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Sexual transmission of the Zika virus is more common than previously thought, the World Health Organization says.
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A culture of bullying at an NHS trust prevented staff from speaking out about the number of heart surgery patients who were dying, a report finds.
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