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Experts are warning about the risks of extreme fussy eating after a teenager developed permanent sight loss after living on a diet of chips and crisps.more

More pharmacies in England will start offering people free, on-the-spot heart check-ups from next month.more

Amazon Marketplace and eBay are "rife" with unsafe phone chargers and travel adapters that have the potential to cause electric shocks and start fires, the consumer body Which? has warnedmore

Serena Williams eased through a potentially tricky US Open fourth-round meeting with Petra Martic with a 6-3, 6-4 win to remain on course for a record-tying 24th major championship on Sunday afternoon, two years to the day she gave birth to her daughter.more

60% Polish parents of school-age children regularly engage with their children in some form of physical activity. The study also shows that cycling, swimming or walking and Nordic walking are the most family sports.more

Measles kills 37 in first half of 2019 as number of cases tops figure for whole of last year.more

The Spanish company mistakenly declared several batches of its hair growth remedy, selling it as a medicine for stomach problems. There were 17 children among the victims of the mistake.more

The NHS has been left £150 million out of pocket by visitors from overseas who have received medical treatment but failed to pay what they were invoiced. Two hospitals in London had been left with unpaid bills of £28m each.more

The European Commission said on Saturday that it will contribute 550 million euros in fighting against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.more

British MPs are pushing for clear workplace policies to protect women going through the menopause, which exacts a hefty personal and professional toll on as many as one in four females.more

As the authors of the GFK study note, Poles consume far too much salt.more

The micro-plastic in drinking water does not pose a risk to health, but further research is needed - stated the World Health Organization (WHO) in the first report on the subject. According to WHO, however, it is necessary to reduce environmental pollution from plastic products.more

Boris Johnson has ordered urgent action to boost the number of children and young people receiving vaccinations following a rise in cases of measles.more

Ousmane Dembele has been ruled out for five weeks with a hamstring strain to leave Barcelona short of forwards ahead of Sunday's game against Real Betis.more

On September 12, the new Student Health Care Act will come into force. According to it, every child is to be provided with preventive health care and dental care at school.more

NHS hospital chiefs were told EU citizens may have to prove their right to free health care or risk paying for treatment in the result of a no deal Brexit.more

The average wait for a routine GP appointment in the UK has risen above two weeks for the first time, according to an annual survey of doctors.more

The percentage of smokers on the Vistula is the lowest in the history of research, but every fourth Pole still smokes cigarettes - CBOS said in a recent study. As it was specified, every 5th person in Poland smokes regularly, and every 20th occasionally. The popularity of smoking depends on gender. There are more smoking men than women.more

Measles cases nearly tripled globally during the first seven months of the year compared with the same period in 2018, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday, amid growing concern over public resistance to the vaccine.more

Poles who live in the UK are once again organizing to mass donate blood to British hospitals. The campaign initiated in 2015 by British Poles has become one of the most positive initiatives in recent years.more

Police are responding to a "hazardous material incident" after people reported having sore eyes and vomiting at a seaside resort.more

Health campaigners are putting pressure on the government to bring in a 'calorie tax' on some processed foods.more

Passengers at a leading UK airport have waited on the tarmac for over an hour after being "quarantined." Manchester Airport passengers hoping to fly out today were forced to sit on their flight for well over 60 minutes.more

A commuter received £27,602 from Network Rail after "possibly slipping" on pigeon poo at Paddington station.more

Lethal microbes in the Baltic Sea have killed a woman in Germany in the first fatality of its kind this year, as soaring summer temperatures create the perfect conditions for the dangerous pathogen to rapidly multiply.more