- Child obesity plan targets sweets at checkouts June 24, 2018New measures also aim to limit junk food ads and end the sale of energy drinks to children.
- NHS use of 'unsafe' syringes to be examined June 24, 2018It follows claims the devices, used to give powerful painkillers, could have caused widespread deaths.
- WHO gaming disorder listing a ‘moral panic’, say experts June 21, 2018Experts say the WHO's decision risks "pathologising" a behaviour that is harmless for most people.
- Cases of cancer in elderly to surge by 2035, report says June 21, 2018By 2035 about 234,000 over-75s will get cancer each year - up from 130,000 now, a report estimates.
- Cyan colour hidden ingredient in sleep June 22, 2018Adding or removing the colour cyan can have an impact on sleep, according to biologists.
- Stem cell match brother 'denied visa for life-saving op' June 21, 2018Shirley Kordie's brother Joseph is a "perfect" stem cell match and is ready to donate.
- Gosport hospital deaths: Prescribed painkillers 'shortened 456 lives' June 20, 2018Relatives call for a criminal inquiry into the "unforgivable" actions at the Gosport hospital.
- Drug 'reduces hearing loss' after childhood cancer treatment June 21, 2018Given hours after chemotherapy, it showed promising results in children with a rare cancer.
- Charlie Gard's parents want 'Charlie's Law' June 20, 2018The parents of Charlie Gard want to change the law so other cases like theirs don't end up in court.
- Cough syrup recall over mould risk from ingredients June 20, 2018Eight products are affected and the advice is to return bottles to where they were bought.
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