There has been a substantial rise in the number of Britons who think cannabis use for medicinal purposes should be made legal, according to a Sky Data poll.more
The scourge of opium-based drugs and cocaine are a bigger global threat to public health and law enforcement than ever before, according to the latest World Drug Report, released on Tuesday by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).more
Poles have been feeding improperly since childhood and are not moving enough. Among other things, they live much shorter than, for example, Swedes - experts from the Institute of Mother and Child and the Institute of Cardiology say.more
A ban on smoking in council homes is among a raft of radical new measures being considered as part of the "next steps" unveiled by ministers to make Scotland smoke-free by 2034.more
Gareth Southgate has become the first major casualty of England's World Cup campaign after dislocating his right shoulder while running near the team's base on the Gulf of Finland.more
Children addicted to playing video games will be able to get treatment on the NHS after the World Health Organisation (WHO) qualified it as a mental health condition.more
A Tory MP has labelled claims a "Brexit dividend" will help fund a cash injection for the NHS as "tosh", with Theresa May's pledge of more money for the health service coming under scrutiny.more
Four o'clock in the morning is the time most babies are born spontaneously in England, with the majority arriving between 01:00 and 07:00, a study shows.more
KFC says it's cooking up a new, healthier recipe, one that will be missing the restaurant chain's most famous ingredient: chicken. The company famous for its "finger lickin' " Southern fried chicken announced this week that it was testing chicken-like "vegetarian options" in Britain with its signature blend of herbs and spices.more
The tests are being used at 10 festivals across the UK this summer to give festivalgoers a rare opportunity to see what is actually inside their drugs.more
A Ryanair cabin crew attendant suffered a broken leg after being struck by a catering cart which had raced down the centre aisle of a plane during landing.more
The manager of the Polish national football team, Adam Nawałka, belives that Kamil Glik, struggling with injury, will return to training with the team in six daysmore
The Welsh Government has defended a new test for Down's syndrome in pregnancy against accusations it is trying to eliminate the condition from society. Wales has become the first country in the UK to offer non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) on the NHS aimed at women who have a higher chance of Down's, Edward's or Patau's syndrome.more
An average car in inner London will be responsible for almost £8,000 in health costs during the course of its lifetime, researchers say. Pollution produced by vans and cars costs almost £6 billion in damage to health annually in the UK, according to experts from Oxford and Bath universities.more
Syphilis diagnoses last year increased by levels not seen since 1949 as charities warn a growing "sexual health crisis" is being caused by government cuts to health services and testing.more
A Polish dancer who had only been in the UK for three months when she was caught illegally posing as a dentist in Hornchurch has been fined £1,320.more
People over the age of 60 were at their happiest when married with young children while those who may be currently married with young children believe the most joy-filled stage of their lives was when they were young and single, according to a survey published on Wednesday morning.more
The doctor who accidentally decapitated a baby inside his mother's womb has been cleared of serious misconduct and can return to work, a tribunal has ruled.more