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Image copyright Getty Images The UK’s largest cervical cancer charity has said it hopes a documentary about Jade Goody will serve as “a reminder” of the impact of the disease. The finale of Channel 4’s three-part Jade: The Reality Star Who Changed Britain aired on Wednesday. Goody’s illness and death in 2009, aged 27, led […]

You want the people you love — be it your partner, your friends or your family — to live long, healthy and fulfilling lives. When a person you care about tells you they’re ready to make some positive health-related changes, you may be so eager to help that you bombard them with your well-intentioned advice:

Image copyright Getty Images Two million older people are risking side-effects from taking multiple medications, a charity has warned. Age UK says more than one in 10 over-65s in England take at least eight prescribed medications each week. While many are vital for those with complex conditions, the charity says one in five may be

A family is hoping a seven-month-old golden retriever will help their daughter manage her type 1 diabetes. Ellie May Hodges, eight, from Holywell, Flintshire, was diagnosed when she was just two. The condition can have a big impact emotionally, as well as physically, but the puppy – named Lilly – has made a huge difference

Planned Parenthood clinics in several states are intensifying fundraising and warning of more unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases after announcing it would quit the federal family planning program in a dispute with the Trump administration over abortion. The fallout is especially intense in Utah, where Planned Parenthood has been the only provider participating in

Image copyright Getty Images Putting vitamin D into the flour we buy could help stop tiredness, muscle aches and even heart failure, according to a study. The UK weather means not all of us get enough of the “sunshine vitamin” between October and April. Vitamin D’s important for growing and strengthening our bones. Researchers say

Image copyright Getty Images People with type 2 diabetes “should not be encouraged” to take omega-3 fish oil supplements, researchers from the University of East Anglia say. There had been some concerns omega-3 could be harmful for people with the condition. But while a BMJ review of more than 80 studies found no evidence of

Image copyright AFP Image caption Microplastics have been found in rivers, lakes, drinking water supplies and bottled water Microplastics in drinking water do not appear to pose a health risk at current levels, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In its first report on the issue, the WHO found that larger particles, and most

The number of breathing illnesses reported among people who vape is growing. Health officials are now looking into more than 150 possible cases in 16 states. Officials on Wednesday said the Food and Drug Administration has joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and states investigating reports from the last two months. All the

Sexting is a universal language: Jeff Bezos does it (albeit awkwardly; remember THAT “I love you, alive girl” text?), Rihanna does it, teens do it (though it’s a smaller percentage than you’d think, given the worried headlines). The question of why we send dirty images and texts doesn’t have an easy answer: Can it all