health

It is thought that 80 to 85% of a person’s risk of developing Type 2 diabetes is down to being overweight.

Schools should become sugar-free to tackle the growing problem of child tooth decay, leading dental surgeons have said.

Elaine Levy has remortgaged her home in order to afford for her daughter's medicine and pays around £2,500 every month for it.

Since the rules were changed on medical cannabis only a limited number of prescriptions have been granted.

The number of Britons diagnosed with Lyme disease could be three times higher than previously thought, new research has found.

Jamie Roberton Health and Science Producer

The long-awaited green paper outlines a range of measures to tackle preventable ill-health.

Some vision was made possible by a video camera attached to glasses.

Emily Morgan Health Correspondent

One surgeon told us there was no longer such thing as an NHS winter crisis - arguing an "all-year round crisis" was a more accurate term.

The partnership between the NHS and Amazon is being led by a new digital health body, NHSX.

If enacted, the ban would include exceptions for medical emergencies, but not for pregnancies caused by rape or incest.