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A global campaign aimed at reducing the marketing of unhealthy food to children on TV and the web is launched.

There are few issues that preoccupy new parents more than this: Is my baby growing normally? When the percentiles seem off-kilter, we worry -- but experts say there's rarely reason for concern. Parenting.com explains.

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A woman who was classed as "lazy" as a child has been found to have the biggest hole in the heart doctors had ever seen.

A Bristol pensioner is on standby to fly to Australia, to donate a kidney to save her twin sister.

Doctors should cut down on antibiotic prescriptions for sinusitis because the drugs do not work, researchers say.

Lizards with hairy feet are the inspiration for a new medical product that could help surgical patients heal better and might even replace sutures some day.

Fantasy author and Alzheimer's sufferer Terry Pratchett donates $1m to research into the disease.

The US introduces tougher air quality standards for the first time in 10 years, to improve public health.

Kindergartens and primary schools close in Hong Kong after a flu-like illness kills three children.

A traditional Chinese herbal medicine of five herb extracts could benefit eczema patients, research suggests.

Giving young children vitamin D supplements may cut their risk of type 1 diabetes, research suggests.

An Afghan doctor has become the first ever medic in his war-torn country to qualify as an open-heart surgeon.

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Paramedics should give cardiac arrest patients uninterrupted chest compressions to improve survival, a US study underlines.

Doctors in the Afghan province of Herat call off a strike to demand better security.

A plastic surgeon wanted in Australia in connection with the deaths of three patients has been arrested in the US.