27/Jan/19
Newspaper headlines this week have advised women that they can take contraceptive pills "every day of the month, without any break" to avoid monthly bleeds and period pain.
Health News
27/Jan/19
Douglas Robertson was 18 when his father, Dougal, a former merchant navy officer, decided it'd be fun for the family to sell his farm, buy a 43ft wooden schooner and sail around the world.
27/Jan/19
An infection linked to pigeon droppings was a "contributing factor" in the death of a child at a Glasgow hospital, it has been confirmed.
27/Jan/19
US President Donald Trump was greeted with laughter in September when he told the UN that he had accomplished more than "almost any administration" in his country's history.
27/Jan/19
When BBC presenter Rajan Datar learned that his father had dementia, it led him to discover that a combination of stigma, language barriers and cultural differences were stopping many in the UK's South Asian community from seeking help. This is his experience.
27/Jan/19
Does gum disease play a key role in the development of Alzheimer's?
27/Jan/19
Fear of a vaccine's side effects is the top reason for people refusing them, a report from the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) suggests.
27/Jan/19
We know babies benefit from being rocked to sleep - now a study suggests it helps adults sleep better too.
27/Jan/19
Scientists say they have discovered the secret behind why some people are skinny while others pile on the pounds easily.
27/Jan/19
The number of workers trained to prescribe social activities, like exercise groups and art classes, to GP patients who don't need pills, is set to rise, under NHS England plans.
26/Jan/19
Drug-resistant superbugs are as big a threat as climate change, the health secretary will say as he unveils a new five-year plan to tackle the problem.
26/Jan/19
Claudia Campanella, 31, works as a student support administrator at a UK university, and in her spare time she is a poo donor.
24/Jan/19
As Egypt becomes the first Arab country to authorise the production and sale of a drug meant to boost the female libido, the BBC's Sally Nabil explores whether there's a market for it in such a socially conservative country.
24/Jan/19
Tens of thousands of people die from snake bites worldwide every year. Lack of treatment and even the wrong medicine mean many of these deaths are preventable.
24/Jan/19
Children are turning their backs on sugary drinks, with the numbers drinking them falling by a third over the past nine years, a survey suggests.
24/Jan/19
Funding to tackle 33 significant diseases has reached its highest level since figures were taken, says a survey which has tracked this for 11 years.
22/Jan/19
A three-week-old baby who was in desperate need of a heart transplant has died, his parents have said.
22/Jan/19
A "stealth disease" which can cause liver failure, diabetes and severe arthritis may be much more common than previously thought, research has shown.
22/Jan/19
A diet has been developed that promises to save lives, feed 10 billion people and all without causing catastrophic damage to the planet.
22/Jan/19
Five-year-old Oscar's life has regularly hung in the balance because of severe asthma.
