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As of next month, all legal highs will be banned in the UK when a new law comes into effect. Don’t expect it to work.
Be careful: many of us have tried at least two of them.
It’s salt awareness week. so we asked two experts to give their views.
Meaning well and doing good are great, but organisations can do more harm than good if they’re not careful.
So-called ‘healthy towns’ will address child obesity and dementia, but the real killer remains at large.
The Medical Research Council’s National Survey of Health and Development turns 70 this month, and is more ambitious than ever.
Presumed consent is not the way forward.
Consistently high blood pressure is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and needs to be treated. But what if your GP’s blood pressure readings are wrong?
Sending mentally ill adults and children long distances for care is unacceptable and must end.
Scientists in China have succeeded in creating functioning sperm from mouse embryonic stem cells. This raises hopes for treating male infertility, but not in the near term.
Putting CCTV in all UK care homes would be a breach of residents privacy and could have serious ramifications for the rest of society.
There are many reasons ready meals are bad for your health. Here are some of them.
Why are some new parents wiping vaginal fluid all over their baby’s mouth, eyes, and skin?
There are demands for older children to get the MenB vaccine – but what is the thinking behind the current guidance?
Hormones may not be the only thing that determines how your organs act.
Scientists used to think that the 98% of human DNA that didn’t encode proteins was junk. They don’t think that anymore.
Dozens of cats have been killed in south London. It has some worried that there might be worse to come.
Do the countries affected by Zika have the capacity to deal with a baby boom if pregnancies are delayed?
Globalisation has ensured that pandemics are a fact of life, but are we learning from past mistakes?
Health risks loom as weekend athletes aiming to beat their mates become a new frontline for anti-doping.
NICE recommends psychotherapy for treating schizophrenia and bipolar disorder,
despite a lack of high quality evidence to show that they’re effective.
Getting old isn’t what it used to be.
Andrew Taylor has vowed to eat just spuds for a year. What impact will it have on his health?
A disease which can mimic the slow march of old age is especially cruel and challenging for those in the prime of life.