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Record numbers of people in the UK are living with HIV, with more than half of newly diagnosed infections found in heterosexuals, figures re...

Local authorities are to be given the power to ban happy hours, all you can drink offers and other price promotions in troublesome pubs and ...

I fear that we are about to make the most vulnerable children less likely to be protected, as we destabilise and destroy one of the safest c...

A landmark report calls for reform of a care system that older and disabled people find unfair, unaffordable and unable to meet their needs ...

It doesn't make you a eugenicist to speak up for the right to abort a foetus that may have Down's Link to Article tags : The Guardi...

Next time you visit your local chemist, pause in the aisle containing vitamin supplements, and take in the quantities and varieties of pills...

Confidential patient information has been lost in scores of cases, according to a catalogue of NHS data losses released last night. Files, ...

Sick notes are to be replaced with "fit notes" in a bid to cut down the £100bn cost to the economy of workers' ill-health, the...

The NHS has opened its first ever clinic for people addicted to betting. The National Problem Gambling Clinic began treatment in Central Lo...

Six cancer sufferers who lost their only chance of fathering children when a hospital freezer broke down and destroyed their sperm samples w...

Lung cancer sufferers are to be given an expensive life-prolonging drug on the NHS under a deal with manufacturers to cut the medication...

Consumers are wasting billions of pounds on 'quack' foods that promise to help them lose weight, a nutritional expert has warned. Li...

Novelist Terry Pratchett will tell Prime Minister Gordon Brown that the UK faces "a tsunami of Alzheimer's" disease unless he ...

Nursing staff will be told that addressing older people in their care as "dearie" or "love" is inappropriate. They shoul...

A three-month-old baby suffered severe brain damage and died after being shaken by his mother weeks after being handed back to her by social...

Schoolgirls as young as 14 could be forced to watch a film that teaches them they have the right to choose an abortion. Link to Article tag...

Bottles of wine and beer could soon carry labels warning of their calorie content. Experts believe binge drinkers, not deterred by informat...

A nurse who exposed appalling neglect of the elderly at an NHS hospital began a fight to save her career today. Margaret Haywood, 58, faces ...

Brave Millie Smith can still break into a beaming smile despite suffering from a medical condition which is so rare that it has no name and ...

The harm done by tobacco and alcohol should be rated on the same system as illegal drugs, a leading scientist said today. Professor Sir Gabr...

Terminally ill people and their families are being let down by failings in end of life care, a watchdog says. The National Audit Office sai...

It was launched as a wonder drug. A tablet to take the pain out of kicking the killer weed. Since it appeared on the market two years ago i...

Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has apologised for remarks he made saying a recession could be “good for us” in many ways. The comme...

Children are having to wait as long as two years to be given specialist therapy to help them recover from forms of brain damage. But the BBC...

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A radical new strategy to stop the Aids epidemic in its tracks was proposed yesterday by World Health Organisation scientists but ran into i...

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s President, is trying to hide the real extent of the cholera epidemic sweeping across his nation by silencing healt...

A toddler has baffled medical experts by making a miraculous recovery after a key became lodged in his brain. Link to Article tags : IHN , ...

Psychiatric experts say they have identified a new 21st century form of delusion whose sufferers are convinced their lives are being played ...

More than 100 British cruise ship passengers have been quarantined after falling ill with the winter vomiting bug. The elderly travellers we...

A couple face ten years in prison after selling their newborn baby on the Internet. The couple - a man aged 26 and woman aged 24 who already...

The BBC’s Soutik Biswas travels to the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, one of six states holding key elections, and asks why malnutr...

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A MERSEYSIDE paramedic was suspended amid allegations he “assaulted” a young mum. Tyrone Fitzgerald, 34, is being investigated by police fol...

A LIVERPOOL nurse who went undercover for a television exposé at a hospital could be struck off. Margaret Haywood, 58, is facing a four-day...

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COCKERMOUTH is set to lead the multi-million rebirth of Cumbria’s once-doomed cottage hospitals. Health bosses have published £14 million pl...

New plans have been unveiled to improve palliative care and rehabilitation services at the West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven by merging...

HOSPITALS in East Lancashire have passed an annual health check. The East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs both the Royal Blackbu...

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A MATERNITY unit set for closure could be given a lifeline offering a service with midwives in charge. Midwife-led units are run by highly-e...

A TOP doctor has denied claims he `experimented’ on patients to support his own research. Consultant gynaecologist Martin Quinn also reject...

A LEADING Bolton doctor has told how the cost of The BIG Bolton Health Check will be the best £1 million the Primary Care Trust will spend t...

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Government plans to overrule its own drug advisers and reclassify cannabis as a more dangerous substance are attacked by leading scientists ...

On the wall of the Wellcome Collection in London is a colour pencil drawing of a man’s crotch that makes me wince. It is a self-portrait, fe...

The days have grown colder, the nights have grown longer, and I’ve remembered just how difficult it is to diet come the dog days of winter. ...

Anti-abortion campaigners are being allowed into schools to present their arguments to teenagers, and are making converts. But what about th...

I became a carer when I was eight. My mum had a bowel disorder and various health conditions. Sometimes she’d be bedridden for weeks at a ti...

The information commissioner is to be given sweeping new powers to fine those in Whitehall and private companies who deliberately or reckles...

Last year, the artist David Cotterrell went to Afghanistan to observe the work of military medical staff at the main field hospital at Camp ...

Britain has one of the worst cancer survival rates in Europe - and late diagnosis is the main reason. Tom Nolan describes the symptoms to lo...

Size does not matter when it comes to a sperm’s ability to reach and fertilise an egg, a study published today suggests. Research in the Lon...

Dentists will be required to refund £120 million to the health service because they failed to treat enough NHS patients last year, The Times...

Changing rooms with hairdryers and full-length mirrors would help to encourage women and girls to take up sport, a poll published today sugg...

A blood pressure reading in a GP’s surgery may not be the most accurate way of predicting the chances of suffering a heart attack, according...

Contaminated packets of ready-to-eat herbs, such as basil, could be causing outbreaks of salmonella, UK scientists have found. Link to Artic...

With her beautiful blue eyes and a smile to melt your heart, at eight months old Jessica Gledhill is everything you could wish for in a baby...

A device small enough to fit in a GP’s pocket can diagnose dangerous skin cancers in just 20 seconds. The hand-held gadget, which costs aro...

It’s a life-saver for thousands - but the side-effects can be devastating. A year after he’d undergone treatment for cancer of the tonsils,...

A grandfather and aunt with Parkinson’s. Three relatives with thyroid trouble. What clues does one woman’s family background hold for her fu...

The wedding’s over, so is the honeymoon. But modern couples face yet another hurdle before a life of wedded bliss - the bridal blues. The ex...

Sleeping pills prescribed to hundreds of thousands of Britons could more than double their risk of road accidents, scientists have found. R...

The Government has come under pressure to publish a detailed report into the death of Baby P in Haringey. Children’s Secretary Ed Balls has...

Actor Bruce Byron, who plays DC Terry Perkins in The Bill, has struggled with his weight for years. But in the past six months he’s lost nea...

Every Tuesday, Britain’s leading nutritionist explains how to eat your way to health. This week Jane explains why we need to get in touch wi...

Mealtimes at Catriona Grant’s home are always a lively affair. As her sons laugh and banter, Catriona quizzes them about the day’s events. ...

Most people own a pair of trainers, and the market for sports shoes is worth more than £1.25 billion a year. But when it comes to keeping fi...

The cost to the UK economy of looking after people with multiple sclerosis is £1.4bn a year, a study suggests. King’s College London resear...

The UK could lose its place among the world leaders in stem cell research unless adequate funding and legislation is assured, experts warn. ...