A pledge by food manufacturers to cut saturated fat levels is "a drop in the ocean" in the fight against obesity, a top public health expert says.
The number of suspected cases of polio among children in Syria is believed to have risen sharply, with at least 22 people now thought to be suffering from the disease, health officials say.
Augusto Odone, a former World Bank economist who rejected medical opinion and created an oil to save the life of his son Lorenzo, dies aged 80.
17:21 UK time, Monday, 14 October 2013
Thousands of girls in Laos, South East Asia, are to receive the HPV vaccine, which protects against cervical cancer. It's part of a bid to enable developing countries to benefit from new vaccines and to transform women's health.
Expert argues "food addiction" may just be an excuse to overeat
Two doctors attack conventional medical equipment with power tools
IVF and the marketing of hope
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Forces veterans' concern over charity therapy
A country where a woman may be jailed for losing a child
The drugs derived from deadly poisons
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A suspected outbreak in Syria where vaccination rates have been slashed
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