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'Four hours to walk off pizza calories' warning works, experts say
Consumers should be told it takes four hours to walk off the calories in a pizza, researchers say.
GP Manish Shah guilty of sex assaults on 23 female patients
Manish Shah cited Angelina Jolie and Jade Goody to instil fear in his patients about their health.
A third of hospitals 'increased parking charges'
Income from fees jumps 10% in a year, with hourly charges of up to £4 levied.
Online prescribing 'must get safer'
A UK coroner warns there could be more deaths unless regulation is tightened.
Boy slept on hospital floor due to lack of beds
Jack was photographed lying on a pile of coats on a hospital treatment room floor.
Health workers' strike: Nurses begin further 48 hours of action
Members of the Royal College of Nursing are refusing to do things like working unpaid hours.
Yeovil Hospital agrees patient not properly anaesthetised
The patient said she was "traumatised" after feeling a cut in her belly button during surgery.
Surgeons withdraw support for heart disease advice
European guidelines on a form of heart disease are under review, following a Newsnight investigation.
Obesity inequality gap grows for Scottish children
Children in the poorest parts of the country face a bigger risk of being overweight or obese, new figures show.
General Election 2019: NHS boss - Parties 'ducked' big issues
Chris Hopson says election debate has "fallen short" with regard to long-term solutions for the NHS.

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A new study investigating the effects of a nutrient drink for Alzheimer's disease has led to very different...
Marriage may help lower dementia risk
"Marriage and having close friends may help protect against dementia, according to Loughborough University...
Afternoon open heart surgery 'leads to fewer complications'
"Afternoon heart surgery has lower risk of complications, study suggests," says The Guardian. Researchers...
Report calls for better mental health support in the workplace
"Up to 300,000 people with long-term mental health problems have to leave their jobs each year, a report...
Blood-thinning drugs may reduce dementia risk in people with irregular heartbeats
"Common blood thinning drugs halve the risk of dementia for patients who have an irregular heartbeat,"...
New genetic variants associated with breast cancer identified
"Do you have one of the 180 breast cancer genes? One in five women has a variant that raises her risk...