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There are "clear warning signs" that the coming winter could be even tougher than the last for NHS trusts, staff and patients, a report has warned.more

The majority of Britons seemingly can't not make it through dinner at home without checking their phone, new research from YouGov claims.more

At the International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress in London, Health Secretary Matt Hancock urged employers to offer standing desks and implement standing meetings.more

Children and young people up to 18 should have their weight and body mass index (BMI) recorded every year, says a report by child health experts.more

Paddy Power Betfair has been fined £2.2m for failing to stop stolen money being gambled through its website and for failing to protect customers showing signs of problem gambling.more

Suffering an October sniffle, depressed by the weather or going through a break-up? Amazon has plans to detect and profit from your "abnormal" state.more

The Government has announced new plans to encourage doctors to use 'social prescribing' for lonely patients, rather than medication.more

Huge concentrations of potentially carcinogenic toxins have been found in the soil around Grenfell Tower, a leading toxicology expert has claimed.more

Americans 95 percent of time spend indoors, which means that during the day they do not have much time to enjoy the beauties of nature.more

Doctors will be able to prescribe cannabis products to patients from 1 November, the Home Secretary Sajid Javid says. The new regulations apply to England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.more

Hungarians are the most obese nation in Europe, and on the world scale they occupy the fourth place - said the Hungarian Obesity Research Society (MET), citing the latest data of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).more

British Prime Minister Theresa May has created the position of a deputy minister in the Ministry of Health, who will be responsible for the mental health of citizens, the fight against inequities in access to health care and the prevention of suicide.more

Researchers looked at official health data from the last decade and found almost a third of 16 to 24-year-olds in 2015 said they didn't drink, compared with around one in five in 2005.more

Two runners collapsed and died moments after finishing the Cardiff half marathon, police have said.more

More than 58,000 digital pregnancy tests have been recalled after some wrongly told women they were expecting.more

Vaccination of children is not compulsory in the United Kingdom, but is supported by public health services (NHS) and available free of charge to a family doctor. Experts warn that myths about vaccines still need to educate the public.more

Diagnosis of syphilis in Wales rose by 53% from 2016 to 2017, while cases of gonorrhoea went up 21%, according to Public Health Wales' latest figures.more

Speech therapists are alarming: more and more three-year-olds have trouble speaking. Reason? Too early contact with smartphones - you can read in today's edition of "Nasz Dziennik".more

Pret a Manger will list all ingredients, including allergens, on its freshly made products following the death of a teenager who had an allergic reaction after eating a Pret sandwich.more

Some pharmacies, barber shops, train stations and even football clubs will be offering blood pressure checks, as part of a major BHF initiative to improve diagnosis of high blood pressure.more

Half of Irish people say their mental health suffered due to the economic recession with hundreds of thousands driven to thoughts of suicide or self-harm. The startling findings are revealed in a survey of the impact of the downturn on the emotional and mental wellbeing of the population.more

ffffAn ageing fleet, high sickness rates and slow uptake of technology hampers the ability of the NHS to answer 999 calls quickly, a review says.more

Obesity could overtake smoking as the biggest preventable cause of cancer in women 25 years from now, a new report has suggested. More must be done to raise awareness of the 'huge public health threat' posed by obesity, Cancer Research UK said.more

Polish 30-year-olds are more and more willing to take advantage of sick leave; according to ZUS data, in 2017 they spent over 70 million days on sick leave, which is over 15 million more than a decade ago - reported Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.more

Emotional testimonies from people infected with HIV and hepatitis have been heard at the start of the inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal.more