Cutaneous leishmaniasis: What is the tropical disease eating its way through Syria and can it be stopped?

The condition is currently eating its way through the Middle East, prompting serious concerns from health officials

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One-year-old boy develops sexual organs of a grown man due to rare hormonal condition

'Precocious puberty is traumatic for a child of his age and it makes them violent'

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Food bloggers promoting 'clean eating' diets can fuel eating disorders in teenage girls, nutritionists warn

'It's more acceptable to say 'I don't eat gluten' than to say 'I don't want to eat that cake''

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4 things that happen to your brain and body when you exercise

Regular exercise can also help support a healthier body image

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Why running is fast becoming the most popular way to exercise

With a reported 2m people running in the UK and an estimated 10m in the US, the activity is on the rise, and fast becoming the most popular form of exercise.

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National Obesity Forum faces backlash over 'extremely dangerous' diet advice

The National Obesity Forum is reportedly due to 'disown' the report which has been accused of making 'unsubstantiated' claims

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Pakistan bans contraceptive ads over fears that children will be exposed to sex

Television channels and radio stations must comply to new rules or face legal action, despite Government concerns over a growing population

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El Salvador - where women are jailed for 40 years for the 'crime' of having a miscarriage

Exclusive interview: Maria Teresa Rivera was released after spending five years in jail

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96-year-old Dr Henry Heimlich has used his own manoeuvre for the first time - and saved a woman's life

He invented the emergency technique in the 1970s

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Allow antibiotics that cause nasty side-effects to help stop rise of untreatable infections, expert says

'If we return to a pre-antibiotic era, the advances made in modern medicine in terms of the treatment of diseases and surgeries … we'll go back to square one. It's terrifying'

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Dogs may be able to smell malaria in humans and help with quicker detection, scientists claim

Scientists hope using dogs could revolutionise how malaria is detected, enabling doctors to identify it quickly and without invasive tests

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Using your phone could give you cancer, says major new study

'Where people were saying there's no risk, I think this ends that kind of statement'

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Failure to tackle antibiotic resistance will lead to 'catastrophic consequences'

David Cameron has announced a crackdown on the inappropriate use of antibiotics

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'Long-lasting' sunscreens may be wearing off within hours and risk skin damage, watchdog says

Four major high street brands allegedly wear off within hours, with protection levels dropping from SPF30 to as low as just SPF8 within hours

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Amnesty International officially calls for complete decriminalisation of sex work

New research shows criminalisation interferes with prostitutes' human rights

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Student suicides at their highest level since 2007, according to Office for National Statistics

Number has risen to 130 in 2014 - from 75 in 2007 - as Samaritans charity urges students to seek help

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Woman diagnosed with 'evil twin' tumour urges others to act on symptoms

Teratoma or 'evil twin' tumours are extremely rare and occur when a growth resembling a human body grows inside someone. They can feature bones, hair, teeth and facial features

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Virus discovered in pond can help kill antibiotic-resistant superbugs

Scientists hail 'natural' way to fight potentially deadly infections

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Exam pressure and relationship breakdowns linked to suicide among young people

A quarter of young people in England whose deaths were considered in report expressed suicidal thoughts in week before they died

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EU referendum: NHS would face staffing crisis in the event of Brexit, survey of hospital leaders finds

80% of respondents felt that leaving the EU would have a negative impact on trusts' efforts to recruit health and care staff

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Older patients who don't need to be in hospital 'cost NHS £1bn a year'

National Audit Office report finds the number of bed 'days lost' due to delayed transfers of care has increased by 31% from 2013 according to official data, but the authors suggest the figure may actually be much larger

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Global report finds 2008 recession led to spike in cancer deaths – but not in countries with universal healthcare

Researchers examined the link between unemployment, public health care spending and cancer mortality in more than 70 countries over a 20-year period from 1990 to 2010

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Woman who documented 14st weight loss over two years on Instagram targeted with 'malicious' abuse

Simone Anderson, from New Zealand, had an operation to remove excess skin

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Graphic video shows why you shouldn't use cotton buds to clean your ears

Graphic video shows extraction of old cotton bud

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German court rules killing day-old live male chicks does not contravene their animal rights

Male chicks are either killed by gassing or being crushed in a macerator machine

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Scottish people buy 41 bottles of vodka every year

Sales of alcohol in Scotland are on the rise with the equivalent of 41 bottles of vodka sold per adult in 2015, according to new figures.

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Air pollution could increase risk of stillbirth, research suggests

The report's authors have called for further research to examine the possible link and caution their current results are not yet conclusive

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Being poor can change your genes and increase your chances of depression

'These small daily hassles of scraping by are evident in changes that build up and affect children's development'

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Young Americans most likely to live with parents than other arrangements for first time in history

Living with parents has overtaken other living arrangements for 18- to 34-year-olds

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Swallow a balloon to control hunger and lose weight, say experts

'Weight loss is very difficult and a significant number of people are not successful in achieving their weight loss goals with diet changes and exercise'

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Selective mutism: The common but misunderstood condition which leaves children unable to speak for years

One in 150 children are thought to experience the condition which can leave children unable to speak to people outside their family or immediate social circle for years

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Do Instagram's lemon-infused water 'detox drinks' actually burn fat?

The truth behind the drinks splashed across social media

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Healthy eating graphic from Public Health England was developed with members of food and drinks industry

The image for the Eatwell Guide was decided upon by a reference group made up of almost 50% industry members

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Why can't we tickle ourselves?

Some of us are more ticklish than others, but nearly everyone is unable to tickle themselves. The answer is tied to how we see and how we perceive movement.

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Former NHS chiefs call for increased taxation to prop up the ailing health service

'Since the financial crash, the NHS has had little or no growth. There isn't a healthcare system in the developed world that can cope with that in the long-term'

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A woman has become pregnant from anal sex, doctor claims

The woman had a rare condition which resulted in her bladder, vagina and rectum not separating normally during early developmental stages

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99-year-old British man thought to be the oldest person to ever beat cancer

99-year-old Victor Marston is thought to be the oldest cancer survivor in the world

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Midwives should see abortion as part of the job, says RCM chief

The chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives says staff should 'take the rough with the smooth' when dealing with pregnant women

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Michelle Obama marks a victory for healthy eating campaign with changes to food nutrition labels

The overhaul of the Nutrition Facts label, the world's most reproduced graphic image, is expected to cost food companies $2bn

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Lancet attacked for publishing study claiming too little salt could kill you

'It is with disbelief that we should read such bad science published in The Lancet'

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Zika strain that causes microcephaly found in Africa for the first time, WHO confirms

Expert warns an outbreak of the Asian Zika virus in Africa could be 'a bigger disaster than in South America'

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'Three-parent babies' technique to prevent genetic diseases hits snag

Researchers say findings are a 'challenge' to the idea that using a donor egg can prevent the transmission of faulty mitochondrial DNA, but other experts sound an optimistic note

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Cigarette companies lose last-minute bid to stop plain packaging EU law

Tobacco giants have lost their High Court challenge over the lawfulness of the Government's new plain packaging rules - the day before they are due to come into force.

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HIV cure a step closer after scientists remove virus's DNA from living tissue

Research could 'potentially serve as a curative approach for patients with HIV', scientist says

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How a high sugar diet can seriously damage your face

Dermatologists warn 'sugar face' can cause acne, greasy skin and premature aging

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Antibiotics will soon stop working and cause major health treatments to be unsafe, major report warns

It will soon be too dangerous to perform caesarean sections, joint replacements and chemotherapy if antibiotics become ineffective

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Bold is Beautiful: Beauty workshops that make a difference to women with cancer

Benefit's Bold is Beautiful project encourages women to stay positive by embracing themselves and not cancer

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Why you can't lose weight even when you exercise every day

In order to be able to lose weight effectively it is vital to understand the importance of calories and how to calculate the amount of calories required for your body to lose weight. In weight loss, your diet plays 80% responsible for achieving the desired results.

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People who become vegan to look 'fashionable' are risking their health, dietician warns

The warning comes as it is revealed that the number of vegans in the UK has increased 350 per cent over the course of the last decade

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Zika virus could spread to Europe this summer, World Health Organisation warns

The Zika virus may spread into Europe this summer as the weather gets warmer, health officials have warned.

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Bankers' bonus-style performance pay for GPs putting lives at risk, researchers warn

The scheme reportedly costs £1 billion per year and was introduced by Labour under Tony Blair's premiership

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Scientists find no link between obesity in children and eating dinner after 8pm

Previous research suggested eating food at certain times of the day had an effect on metabolic processes within the body

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Eating potatoes could increase risk of high blood pressure, study finds

Four servings a week of baked, boiled, or mashed potatoes is linked to an 11% increased risk of high blood pressure

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Student criticises lack of support after having a third of her skull removed in stroke operation

A new survey also shows 45 per cent of stroke survivors in England feel 'left alone' after leaving hospital

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Magic mushrooms could be 'serious breakthrough' for depression treatment, claims drugs expert

'Maybe this is a new era of a new approach to treating depression. Yes it could all be powerful placebo … [but] let's not be too pessimistic'

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Half of all heart attack victims 'do not realise they have had one'

Symptoms include discomfort in the jaw, upper back or arms

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Mental Health Awareness Week: Why relationships are important to your wellbeing

A new survey released to mark Mental Health Awareness Week shows that we value our relationships almost above all else, so why do we neglect them?

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Man fractures penis with loud 'snapping sound' during 'vigorous sex'

Without swift surgery, the injured man can suffer 'painful erections or erectile dysfunction' in the future, doctors warn

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PCOS: This woman was told to lose weight by doctors - but something else was going on

'It shouldn't take this many doctors to find out, when I have a textbook case'

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Surge in girls' alcohol poisoning behind rise in teenage poisonings

The rate of poisoning in boys and young men less than half of that in girls and young women.

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Mental Health Week: Why we should not fear failure

This mental health week Nadia Mendosa of the Self-Esteem Team explains how failure can be the greatest teacher and acceptance and understanding of it can help tackle the issue of poor mental health in schools

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The exact number of times men should wash their faces every day

Are you washing enough?

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Man receives first penis transplant in US after suffering from penile cancer

The doctors involved hope to be able to make the process much easier and less risky, and to eventually use the same techniques with wounded soldiers

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There's a new way to look at your vagina that might just save your life

A large number of women and girls struggle to identify parts of their own genitalia

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Rio 2016 Olympics: Australian athletes supplied with anti-Zika virus condoms

The virus is an epidemic in Central and Latin America, and the WHO has declared it a global health emergency

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Private fertility clinics offer treatments that are 'widely discredited', 'hotly debated' and 'sound like a good idea'

Women may be receiving no benefit from methods such as intruterine insemination and genetic screening

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Fertility watchdog 'increasingly concerned' about dubious treatments sold by private clinics as experts warn childless couples are being exploited

'At best, patients are subject to exploitation; at worst, patients are being subjected to harm' says one of Britain's leading fertility experts

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Woman who 'never wanted children' wins four-year NHS sterilisation battle

'Many people have suggested that I shouldn't have sex if I'm not intending to reproduce, which is an opinion so old that I can see the cobwebs,' Holly Brockwell says

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Norway set to make changing gender easier with 'breakthrough' bill

Amnesty International hails bill as 'historic breakthrough'

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David Cameron promises reforms with children in care 'let down for too long'

Plans for new legislation encouraging the adoption of children in care away from family members where necessary will be announced in the Queen's Speech on Wednesday

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Operations delayed and targets missed as NHS England has busiest year in its history

More than 500,000 extra people visited A&E between March 2015 and March 2016, making it the busiest year on record

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New law banning 10-packs of cigarettes and making packaging bland come in next week

The legislation will see cigarette packets covered in health warnings and designed in 'drab' colours

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Antibiotics should be taxed to fund research into resistance, says Lord O'Neill

Exclusive: Former Goldman Sachs chief says the danger to human health from antibiotic resistance is 'a much more troubling train wreck' than the financial crash of 2008

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Lidl recalls three 'potentially deadly' products after they were found to contain undeclared allergens

The products pose a potential health risk to anyone with an allergy or intolerence to the allergens

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Calls for more warnings on alcohol as men 'unaware' of impact on health

Some 3.5 million men are thought to drink more 14 units per week, the amount recommended by government

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Gluten-free diets could be harmful for those who don't need them, expert warns

A leading expert has warned there is no evidence gluten-free diets benefit 'healthy' non-coeliac people and they may actively cause more harm than good due to high sugar and fat contents

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Internet diagnoses dancer with incurable condition after doctors left mystified

Cheyenne Adele Rose says she has been 'searching for a title for what's wrong with me for years'

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Prince Charles uses homeopathy to 'treat' animals on his organic farm to fight antibiotic resistance

The Prince of Wales said he was concerned by the use of antibiotics in commercial farming

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Only four hospitals in England hit A&E targets as staff claim exceptional pressures have become 'the norm'

Shadow Health Secretary claims data from first three months of the year represents 'Black Thursday for the NHS' and that the health service could now be said to be in a state of 'constant crisis'

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Psychopathy may be a result of 'adaptive evolution' rather than a disorder, says inventor of the psychopath test

Are the psychopaths among us part of a unique evolutionary strand?

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Cancer scientists find way to halt spread of the disease by making cells 'literally get stuck'

'Through the microscope, you can see the cell wobbling, trying to move, to put out new protrusions, to migrate, but it can't'

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More women with breast cancer are choosing useless alternative therapies over chemotherapy, warn scientists

Researchers believe complementary therapy use in breast cancer sufferers has increased in the last twenty years

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Making abortion illegal does not reduce number of women having terminations, study concludes

Countries where abortion is illegal have slightly higher abortion rates than countries where the procedures are legal, the research found

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Dozens of British cities are breaching air pollution limits in 'public health crisis'

The air we breathe is 'wreaking havoc on human health', World Health Organisation warns

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Rates of syphilis around the world mapped by scientists

The development of penicillin saw cases of the disease plummet, but some places proved 'more resilient' than others

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Rio Olympics could spark 'full blown global health disaster', say Harvard scientists

Zika warning is latest in string of troubles for 2016 Games hosts

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Scientists urge caution over 'alarmist' claim of link between pregnancy folate and autism

'Without details of the analysis, or any theory of action this looks like low-grade evidence and, if not peer-reviewed, seems irresponsible'

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Pint of beer a day could protect you from heart attacks, scientists say

Researchers found drinking around 1.4 pints of beer a day could reduce the risk of heart diseases by around 25 per cent

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American Chemical Society says homeopathy is 'bunk' – here's why

'There are homeopathic asthma inhalers being sold. These aren't any better at stopping an asthma attack than a placebo. An untreated asthma attack can be fatal'

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Seven-day NHS plan contains 'serious flaws' and is 'completely uncosted'

Highly critical report on NHS staffing levels by influential Public Accounts Committee finds that pressure on hospitals to save money is already leading to shortfalls on wards

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Advert for designer vagina surgery banned for being 'irresponsible'

The Advertising Standards Authority said the advert's description of labiaplasty as achieving 'a more natural appearance' implied that the pre-surgery labia might be somehow 'unnatural' in appearance

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Single mother has three months to raise £150,000 to pay for own life-saving surgery

'At 38 years old I have too much to live for,' says Jessica Kill

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Probiotic drinks: There is no evidence products benefit healthy adults, research claims

The probiotic market is worth an estimated £19.7 billion globally

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Mother of 'surprise' quintuplets on what it's like to have five children

'Fifty fingers, fifty toes, six hearts beating at once'

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Task force created to help disabled people become apprentices

The new initative aims to help two million disabled people into work by 2020

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Why you probably only have half the number of friends you think you do

A recent study suggest almost half the people we consider friends do not feel the same way

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Self-harm biggest cause of death for young people in the UK, study finds

In 2013, 329 people in their early twenties died from a self-harm related injury in the UK

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Eating junk food can damage kidneys as much as diabetes, study finds

Both type 2 diabetes and a high-fat diet can lead to elevated blood sugar levels – and have troubling knock-on effects for people's health

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Mental health care 'in danger' if Theresa May takes UK out of European Convention on Human Rights

Exclusive: Top psychiatrists warn mental health care could be set back years if Government goes through with manifesto promise

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Cannabis arteritis: Australian diagnosed with marijuana-related disease that can cause loss of limb

Man will have to take aspirin as a blood thinner for the rest of his life

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World on brink of global emergency over yellow fever outbreak, academics warn

Nearly a billion people in Africa and Latin America are at risk, Asia could be next and even Europe and the US have had outbreaks of the deadly disease in the past

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Hundreds of passengers on UK cruise ship fall ill with norovirus

More than a quarter of passengers on board the cruise liner have been affected by the highly contagious vomiting bug

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End-of-life care report show minority groups face 'poor-quality' service

Report found dying patients are 'often excluded from wider health services'

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Pregnant French women could be paid €300 to stop smoking

Study comes after health minister said France was 'the European country where pregnant women smoke the most'

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Morning after pill: British women forced to pay five times more than European peers for contraceptive

'As a society we embrace sex for pleasure, but expect women to march a walk of shame, and pay through the nose,' says the British Pregnancy Advisory Service

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Mother of nine-year-old boy with autism and depression describes struggle for treatment in 'broken system'

'I want to help my son but I know I can't do it on my own,' his mother said

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Global sleeping study reveals women get more than men

'It doesn't take that many days of not getting enough sleep before you're functionally drunk,' researcher warns

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What marijuana does to your body and brain

Marijuana's official designation as a Schedule 1 drug means it is pretty tough to study

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Researchers ask 'Is meat killing us?' and their answer sounds like yes

'The evidence is consistent that increased intake of red meat, especially processed red meat, is associated with increased all-cause mortality'

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Study contradicts Jeremy Hunt's claims that patients are more likely to die at weekends because of a lack of staff

'This huge and robust study confirms what doctors have been saying all along,' BMA says

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Increasing number of women are having orgasms during childbirth, study suggests

Studies have shown that two brain regions which become active during orgasm are also active during painful sensations

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Jeremy Hunt blinks first in junior doctors dispute with agreement to halt work on implementing new contracts

Health Secretary says the Government is 'willing to play our part' in resolving the dispute

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Obesity could be contagious, scientists say

Researchers believe gut bacteria, which influences two per cent of a person's body weight, could lie dormant and survive outside the body, before transferring to other people

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Does the secret to curing cancer lie within people who appear to be immune?

'It's taken us a while since first of all nobody believes it, everybody rolls their eyes and it's been very hard to get funding'

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Prayer can reduce alcohol cravings, study finds

Researchers believe prayer can have a positive effect on those fighting addiction

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Health officials 'failed to spot growing GP crisis' over a number of years, report finds

King's Fund charity accuses the Department of Health and NHS England of 'failing to collect data that would have provided advance warning of the crisis'

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Dementia sufferers unwittingly paying for free NHS services, claims damning report

One in five care homes are being wrongly charged for services, according to the Alzheimer's Society and Care England

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Date-rape drug ketamine could hold key to side-effect free antidepressant

Scientist hail 'exciting' and 'fascinating' research that suggests the beneficial effects of ketamine could be harnessed to treat depression much more quickly than before

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Scientists smash record for human embryos grown in the lab in revolutionary breakthrough

Human embryo survives outside the womb for 13 days – about twice the previous record – heralding a new dawn in scientists' understanding of how life begins but triggering a fresh ethical debate

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What it's really like to be an egg donor

The 25-year-old woman, known only as Sarah, has shared her experiences of the egg donation process to help dispel myths and stigma about the process

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Swiss school offers staff who don't smoke extra holiday for being good role models

Teachers at the boarding school in Basel hope the incentive will encourage staff and pupils to live a healthy lifestyle

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Is a sexually transmitted yeast infection making people mentally ill?

Yeast infections and a malfunctioning immune system could 'disturb those brain processes that are important for memory', researcher says

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Thyroid tumours are not actually cancer, scientists say after groundbreaking study

"To my knowledge, this is the first time in the modern era a type of cancer is being reclassified as a non-cancer", one researcher declared

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The third highest cause of death in the United States is mistakes by medical staff

'There's a big problem with blaming people. It's stops people learning because they start being defensive'

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NHS shares 1.6 million patients' medical records with Google as part of data-sharing agreement

"There are existing and strong processes for doing safe medical research using data; but this project seems to have followed none of them."

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Watching pornography can 'encourage men to wear condoms', according to research

Men who watch safe sex are more likely to engage in safe sex, study finds

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Study finds NHS 'MOT' health checks to reveal signs of illness have few benefits

The scheme, which sees people aged 40 to 74 invited for a check with their GP every five years, is reported to cost around £300m per year

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Breast cancer treatment breakthrough after 'milestone' genetic discovery

The groundbreaking study has uncovered new reasons as to why breast cancer arises

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'Cruel' government policies blamed for depression and stress levels at Department for Work and Pensions

The figure is double the number of days lost because illnesses such as colds and flu

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Zika virus: experts say visible birth defects "could be the tip of the iceberg"

The mosquito-borne virus may be responsible for birth defects and harmful neurological conditions in the babies of more than 20 per cent of infected pregnant women

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Brother and sister inherit disease that will stop them ever sleeping again

'Your body is not allowing you to rejuvenate at all so it's like being awake for the last six months of your life'

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Do not resuscitate orders imposed on thousands of patients without families' consent

An audit found one in five families were not informed of the plans

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The best family-friendly hotels for a summer holiday

Hip hideaway specialist i-escape.com has gathered its top picks for stylish stays that still have availability during the peak season

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