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Why strenuous runs may not be so bad for you after all

Restrictions on the display of cigarettes and tobacco products in small shops in Wales come into force.

From 6 April, all nationals from outside of Europe coming to live in the UK for longer than six months will be required to pay a surcharge.

A boom in cheap package holidays in the 1960s is partly behind the "worrying rise" in skin cancers in pensioners, Cancer Research UK suggests.

About 80,000 people could die if there were a "widespread outbreak" of an antibiotic-resistant blood infection, according to a government document.

A boom in cheap package holidays in the 1960s is partly behind the "worrying rise" in skin cancers in pensioners, Cancer Research UK suggests.

A majority of people in Britain support tax rises as a way of funding the NHS ahead of cuts to other public services, a poll suggests.

Why one artist has built the asylum of his dreams, a space he calls "a safe place to go mad".

Sex as a recreational activity, is in decline, according to Sex By Numbers, a new book on sexual behaviour written by David Spiegelhalter.

Five ideas on how to transform the NHS

Tailor-made cancer vaccines that target unique genetic errors in a patient's tumour have been developed in the US.

Children's heart surgery in the UK, often the source of controversy, has improved significantly, a report has concluded.

Labour leader Ed Miliband says the National Health Service needs to be ''rescued'' from the Conservatives, while David Cameron insists there are more people being treated.

Eating food contaminated with bugs leads to more than 580 million cases of illness a year, a World Health Organization report warns.

Nick Triggle reviews the big stories of the past few weeks

The ambulance service in Wales is not improving quickly enough, a cross-party committee of AMs warns.

A free app to help improve children’s sleep has been launched by doctors at the Evelina Children’s Hospital in London.

A drugs firm has been accused of trying to block access to what some doctors believe is a cheap, safe and effective drug to treat a common eye condition.

Testing a pregnant woman's blood for disorders in her unborn child promises 'dramatic' advances in medicine, say researchers.

As the 2015 election campaign gathers pace, the BBC speaks to a manager in the National Health Service - Matthew Fitzpatrick from London.

The first NHS hospital to be run by the private sector returns to NHS management.

Paracetamol is ineffective at treating back pain and osteoarthritis despite being a recommended treatment, a group of Australian researchers warns.

Major changes to the care system in England, dubbed the biggest shake-up for 60 years, are being introduced, while Scotland merges NHS and care budgets.

Depression and heart-disease drugs are to be tested in a trial to find treatments for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) from existing medicines.

Depression and heart disease drugs are to be tested in a new trial to find treatments for Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

A new code of conduct has been launched by the body that oversees 670,000 nurses and midwives in the UK.

The village of Botton in North Yorkshire has been home to people with learning disabilities for 60 years, but there are claims that the community could be under threat.

Uganda circumcision truck fights HIV

A mental health charity which treats military veterans says referrals have increased by 26% in the last year.

A substantial number of teenagers are experimenting with e-cigarettes, even those who have never smoked, a study suggests.

Parents hardly ever spot obesity in their children resulting in damaging consequences for health, doctors warn.

An agreement has been reached to provide a meningitis B vaccine for all babies in the UK, the BBC's Sarah Campbell reports.

All babies in the UK will soon have a potentially life-saving vaccine against meningitis B after a deal with drug manufacturers, the health secretary says.

Antigua sees revival of natural remedies

An army of Bolivian knitters is helping to save children with a hole in the heart.

Guinean President Alpha Conde has declared a 45-day "health emergency" in five regions in the west and southwest of the Ebola-hit nation.

Dr Paul Flynn from the British Medical Association welcomes David Cameron's pledge for "a truly seven-day NHS" by 2020 but warns significant extra funding will be needed.

All hospitals in England will provide "a truly seven-day NHS" by 2020 under a future Conservative government, David Cameron says.

More children have mental health problems than two years ago, according to a union's survey of education staff.

Cpl Anna Cross, the British military healthcare worker who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone, is now free of the disease, as Hugh Pym reports.

A Labour government would cap the amount of profit private firms can make from the NHS, Ed Miliband says as he launches the party's election campaign.

Is Labour trying to make NHS privatisation an election issue?

A UK military medic has been discharged from hospital in London after being declared free of Ebola. Cpl Anna Cross was the first person in the world to be given the experimental drug MIL 77.

Newsround reporter Ricky visited the United States to see how a school in Philadelphia is tackling obesity.

The authorities in Sierra Leone enforce a three-day national lockdown to curb the spread of Ebola, except for short windows to pray.

A British military worker who was admitted to a hospital in London with the Ebola virus after being flown back from Sierra Leone gives a news conference from a hospital in London.

Office workers are putting their health at risk by spending too much of the day seated, according to a survey.

Diarrhoea kills more than half a million children every year - with Pakistan, Nigeria and India having the highest death rates.

Office workers need to get up and move around more, according to a new campaign.