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Young 'increasingly putting themselves at risk'

Amy Hills, 24, from Sheffield was diagnosed with skin cancer earlier this year after heavy use of sunbeds as a teenager.

The veteran comedian tells how he lost 9lb to beat diabetes

A group of parents from Swansea say their autistic children are being helped by learning to surf.

How some Muslims neglect their health during Ramadan

Being frightened of falling over is likely to increase an old person's risk of having a fall, researchers have found.

A diet rich in green leafy vegetables, such as spinach, may reduce the risk of developing diabetes, say researchers.

The number of UK kidney transplants could be doubled and hundreds of lives saved by using more organs from those whose hearts have stopped, experts say.

A Venezuelan village may hold the answer to Huntington's

The pathologist who examined Ian Tomlinson, who died during the G20 summit protests, did not meet Home Office criteria to investigate suspicious deaths, the BBC learns.

NHS smoking services helped a record number of people quit last year, figures show.

A cancer doctor confirms he was an "external adviser" to the Scottish Prison Service before the Lockerbie bomber was freed.

From the age of six, children with a squint are less likely to be invited to a birthday party than their non-squinting counterparts, a Swiss study suggests.

Hundreds of lives could be saved by the NHS using more kidneys for transplant from donors whose hearts have stopped, experts say.

Twelve people are being treated in hospital in West Cumbria after taking the legal drug Ivory Wave.

International researchers say they have taken a "significant step" towards developing a predictive blood test for TB.

A doctor who gave "potentially hazardous" levels of drugs to patients who later died will not face manslaughter charges, the CPS rules.

GPs could spot patients who might go on incapacity benefit for mental health issues three years before they stop working.

Twin boys born after their mother bravely turned down chemotherapy for leukaemia while pregnant start school.

Teenage smoking rates in England have dropped since the government banned the sale of cigarettes to under 18s, research suggests.