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Genetic disorder Haemochromatosis can cause liver failure, diabetes and severe arthritis if untreated.

This group of high kicking, power-punching pensioners prove "it's never too late to learn".

But youngsters living in poorer areas of England had lower chances of survival, cancer data found.

Of 124 coffees in the world, we only drink two, but we need to protect all of them, say scientists.

And you don't have to be vegan to follow the "planetary health diet".

Wales' first obesity strategy wants to make eating healthier food and staying active "normal and easy".

Premier League footballers are taking part in a "ground-breaking" new concussion study this season that could lead to pitch-side diagnosis.

An Edinburgh student is urging people to be more mindful when they interact with people with disabilities.

It's hoped perfusion machines that "warm livers" will increase the number of viable donated organs.

A US company has produced an ultrasound scanner that plugs into an iPhone and costs $2,000 (£1,555).

Children in London and Luton are taking part in a study to measure how their lungs are affected by air pollution.

The programme will give contact lens wearers the opportunity to recycle their lenses for free.

Scans show Rebecca Henderson has been clear of cancer for a year and is now eligible for a donor heart.

The mother of a baby girl born at 27 weeks says coming home is "the only thing keeping me going".

GPs would use the online calculator to tell women their risk of getting breast cancer, say scientists.

More than a third of women and a quarter of men think they got it wrong, research suggests.

Laura Nuttall had just started university when a routine eye test discovered several brain tumours.

The drug can prolong the lives of incurable breast cancer patients by up to 16 months.

Carers looking after elderly parents and children face depression and stress.

The hospital's first such procedure was carried out on a 44-year-old patient on 14 January 1979.