HEALTH

'How cycling helped me fight my brain tumours'

A record number of potentially dangerous new legal highs were found in Europe last year, say doctors.

Research which suggests that patients are more likely to die in hospital if they are admitted at the weekend is backed up by a major study.

Three British men die and three more people remain in hospital after contracting Legionnaires' disease while on holiday in Spain, a tour company says.

The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.

Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become drug addicts, according to scientists at the University of Cambridge.

Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become drug addicts, according to scientists.

Euro MPs block changes to food labels that would have allowed claims such as "now contains 15% less sugar".

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Measures introduced to lower the suicide rate in England and Wales in the past decade appear to have been successful, according to an analysis.

Sugar added to processed foods is as damaging as alcohol and should be regulated, claim US health experts.

Mother tries to raise the profile of a "syndrome without a name"

Around one million packets of birth control tablets are being recalled in the US as they might not prevent pregnancy.

Women who take certain ulcer drugs have a small increased risk of hip fractures in later life, particularly if they smoke, US research suggests.

Measuring blood pressure in both arms should be routine, says a University of Exeter study, because it is the difference between the arms that counts.

Researchers turn brain waves from thoughts of words into actual words, in a breakthrough that could benefit comatose and locked-in patients.

A new online test is being launched that will help people with asthma gauge to what extent they are at risk from a serious attack.

Are Dutch officials too close to the tobacco industry?

Egyptian mothers take to the internet for help and advice

At least 30 people have died in Ukraine and 10 in Poland after a sudden drop in temperatures across much of central and eastern Europe.