Latest headlines in Health News
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Crossing Divides: How running is uniting old and young (BBC Health 2018-04-24 01:11:51)
Vivian combines exercise with tackling loneliness through regular runs to visit her 'coach' Dennis.
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Britain's Fat Fight: Why we're losing (BBC Health 2018-04-24 00:21:10)
With Britain becoming the most obese country in Western Europe, chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall investigates.
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Listening to your heartbeat can help with your feelings (BBC Health 2018-04-24 00:08:38)
“I wish I could feel happy or excited” - Tom is trying a new treatment that could help people with autism to better recognise their emotions.
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How bacteria are changing your mood (BBC Health 2018-04-24 00:05:48)
Scientists think "mood microbes" are a new frontier for improving the health of the brain.
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Parents facing 'unfair child abuse claims' over bruising (BBC Health 2018-04-24 00:05:38)
Chloe's son was taken away for a year, until his bruising was found to be down to a medical condition.
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The female boxer with cerebral palsy (BBC Health 2018-04-23 23:27:41)
Kate Farley has cerebral palsy, but that doesn't stop her packing a punch in the ring - on her knees.
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Awyr Las: Health board NHS charity cash probe urged (BBC Health 2018-04-23 23:18:42)
£450,000 is spent on a staff engagement plan to help a health board get out of special measures.
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Alfie Evans parents lose 'last-ditch appeal' over life support (BBC Health 2018-04-23 22:43:42)
A High Court judge dismissed fresh submissions over the seriously ill toddler's life support.
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US soldier gets world's first penis and scrotum transplant (BBC Health 2018-04-23 19:38:54)
The wounded veteran who received the organ transplant says he feels "finally more normal".
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Alfie Evans granted Italian citizenship in life support legal row (BBC Health 2018-04-23 17:50:07)
The Italian foreign office says it hopes the terminally ill toddler "can get immediate transfer to Italy".
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Boy recovering well after five-organ transplant (BBC Health 2018-04-23 16:25:35)
Jay Crouch has two new kidneys, a liver, pancreas and small bowel and is learning how to eat.
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The foods that might help with dementia (BBC Health 2018-04-23 14:24:42)
One man has 'got his mum back' from the ravages of Alzheimer's, partly thanks to a change in her diet.
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Alfie Evans: Protesters try to storm Alder Hey hospital (BBC Health 2018-04-23 13:58:01)
About 200 people gather outside Alder Hey Children's Hospital in support of the terminally ill toddler.
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Hospital staff lack dementia training, widow says (BBC Health 2018-04-23 11:06:26)
Christine Bexon's late husband Paul developed early onset dementia at the age of 55.
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Prostate cancer diagnosis breakthrough hailed (BBC Health 2018-04-23 10:18:31)
A new Dundee University ultrasound process offers a more accurate diagnosis of the disease.
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£6m pledge for children of alcoholics (BBC Health 2018-04-23 06:59:46)
The government funding will go towards mental health services and outreach programmes for parents.
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'In six days I'll lose my voice forever' (BBC Health 2018-04-22 23:34:43)
Lonnie's tongue is about to be removed. What will he say to loved ones with his final words?
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Jeremy Hunt threatens social media with new child-protection laws (BBC Health 2018-04-22 13:35:07)
The health secretary wants action from the sites on underage use, bullying and screen-time limits.
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Why a faecal transplant could save your life (BBC Health 2018-04-21 23:54:44)
Patient's lives are being saved by poo, but how far can microbial medicine go?
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'I don't fear death, I fear going into a hospital' (BBC Health 2018-04-21 23:49:15)
Tommy says hospital staff don’t always understand the needs of dementia patients.