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Eating potatoes or chips on most days of the week may increase a woman's risk of diabetes during pregnancy, say US researchers.

Could eating only in eight-hour period tackle obesity?

A model with cerebral palsy and dystonia is having deep-brain surgery which she hopes will help with mobility and is on a mission to fight misconceptions about disability.

In 1995, Dr Konrad Maurer found the missing case study of the first ever Alzheimer's patient.

The death of a six year-old girl who choked on a grape while on holiday in Gwynedd was accidental, a coroner rules.

Junior doctors are urged to return to the negotiating table by the health secretary, as their union says the strike is sending a "clear message" to government.

A hospital that ordered its junior doctors to return to work as thousands more went on strike across England says it has withdrawn the request.

An external expert is to assist Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust to improve how it investigates deaths of patients with learning disabilities.

Northern Ireland's junior doctors call on Stormont's health minister to say a new contract that led to a strike in England will not be imposed locally.

Thousands of patients have treatments postponed as junior doctors in England go on strike for 24 hours in a dispute over a new contract.

How I discovered that I'm at risk of diabetes

Nick Triggle looks at the possible impact of Tuesday's junior doctor strikes.

A majority of the public in England support junior doctors' strike action so long as they provide emergency care, an Ipsos MORI poll commissioned by BBC Newsnight suggests.

David Cameron has promised an "all-out assault on poverty" with a series of reforms that include better mental health services and mentoring schemes.

A "very mild" strain of bird flu has been identified on a Fife farm, the Scottish government confirms.

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust's board reiterates there would be no resignations over the failure to investigate hundreds of deaths, despite calls from families of those who died.

An injured backpacker who inspired hundreds of people to donate blood at a Thailand hospital is out of "immediate danger", a friend says.

The Royal College of Nursing is to ballot members over industrial action in response to a pay award which unions have described as an insult.

David Cameron has urged junior doctors to call off their planned strike action.

What do doctors involved in the 1975 strike think of their young colleagues today?

As more and more people in China go under the knife in the name of beauty, the BBC visits one of a growing number of private cosmetic surgery clinics in Beijing.

Junior doctors should suspend Tuesday's strike over pay and conditions while talks continue, the chief medical officer for England urges.

Student nurses and midwives take part in marches in London, Manchester and Newcastle in protest at the government's decision to scrap their bursaries in England and replace them with loans.

Charities say David Cameron must be "bold" and create an independent commission to examine growing pressures on health and social care.

Talks to resolve the junior doctors' dispute will "not prevent" strike action on 12 January, conciliation service Acas says.

The first full guidelines issued on alcohol for 20 years cut recommended drinking limits and say that any amount of alcohol carries a risk to your health.

Tough new guidelines issued on alcohol have cut recommended drinking limits - so what do drinkers think about the new recommendations?

Men and women should drink no more than 14 units of alcohol a week in order to keep their health risks low.

Medics working at refugee aid camps in the Balkans say they are seeing a spike in the number of migrants falling ill as freezing temperatures arrive.

Michael Mosley: What does alcohol do to my health?

The link between alcohol and diseases like cancer mean there is no safe limit to alcohol consumption, according to tough new guidelines from the UK's chief medical officer.

An eight-year-old boy whose lips were torn off during an attack by chimpanzees is set to have his lips reconstructed in a New York Hospital.

Prime Minister David Cameron says he does not want to rule out introducing a sugar tax in order to tackle Britain's "obesity crisis".

Victoria Derbyshire presenter Joanna Gosling speaks to a panel of guests about the issue of loneliness.

More than 10,000 vacancies for nursing posts in London were unfilled in 2015, new figures from the Royal College of Nursing show.

The term "baby brain" is often used by new mums when they forget things or seem a little out of sync but is it actually a condition, or simply a combination of sleep deprivation and changing hormones?

Rising levels of obesity could be linked to an additional 670,000 cases of cancer in the next 20 years, a report by Cancer Research UK predicts.

A new health scheme designed to reduce the rate of hospital bed blocking instead sees figures soar by 69%.

A&E departments across Wales are facing "unprecedented demands", prompting health boards to urge the public to only attend if necessary.

The most senior doctor dealing with organ donation in Northern Ireland says legislation is not the way to increase donation rates.

GP surgeries are at "breaking point" and many have stopped taking new patients or have applied to do so, it is claimed.

Saturated fats have long been vilified but now there are attempts in some quarters to rehabilitate them. What is the science?

Should saturated fat make a welcome return to our tables?

UK researchers are carrying out a trial to see if exercise therapy can help men with prostate cancer.

A cross-party commission should be set up to review the future of the NHS and social care in England, a trio of former health ministers say.

The first NHS hospital to be privately run could be merged with another cash-strapped trust to save money, an MP claims.