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The United Kingdom is set for a two week tropical heat wave with temperatures to soar above 30C for most of the two-week period.

Sharon Shoesmith was unfairly sacked following the Baby P tragedy, The Court of Appeal has ruled.

A patient at Papworth Hospital is thought to be the first to have been discharged after receiving an entirely artificial heart.

A synthesised compound which is also found in bear bile could help people who have suffered a heart attack, according to research from Imperial College London.

Amy Winehouse's father, Mitch, is meeting the Home Office minister James Brokenshire to discuss plans to set up a drug rehabilitation centre in his daughter's name.

The nurse arrested in relation to the deaths of patients at a hospital in Stockport has been given a provisional trial date of next February 28.

Doctors from 50 GP practices in Hertfordshire have agreed to prevent those who smoke or have a high BMI from receiving hip or knee replacement surgery, in a bid to cut costs.

TV personality and model Kim Kardashian has been diagnosed with psoriasis, say media reports. In a recent episode of her hit US reality show, 'Keeping up with the Kardashian,' Kim was seen with big, blotchy red marks on her skin. Evidently symptoms of a skin condition called psoriasis.

Beer has just become officially classified as alcoholic in Russia, after President Dmitry Medvedev signed a bill to try and grasp control on sales of the drink.

Officers have until 9pm tonight to finish questioning a nurse, held on suspicion of murder after five patients have died at a hospital in Stockport.

A teenager is "lucky to be alive" having drunk 44 pints of cider before attacking a promising young footballer, a court heard.

Unions have criticised Government plans to increase competition for the NHS and give patients greater choice, for fear that it will pave the way for widespread privatisation.

Third Death Reported at Stepping Hill Hospital

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, sent an emergency response team to rural southern Sudan in May to try and assess a mysterious illness seen in children in the region. But despite their preparation, most of the doctors and scientists said they were deeply affected by their first encounter with 'nodding syndrome'. "Actually seeing it out in the community was overwhelming and distressing," Bunga, a member of the U.S team told reporters. "The ...

The British Medical Association advised doctors to keep Facebook separate from their professional lives, as lines between both often become blurred.

Despite ad campaigns featuring images of rotting lungs and crumbling teeth, Europe continues to have the highest smoking rate in the world.

Matters of the hear: An in-depth study into the health effects of salt has found no evidence that small cuts to sodium intake reduces the risk of developing heart disease or dying prematurely, researchers said on Wednesday.

Mounting scientific evidence is increasingly against the theory that mobile phone use causes brain tumours, according to a comprehensive analysis from an independent international expert panel.

An extremely low-calorie diet will help reverse Type 2 diabetes, researchers at Newcastle University in the U.K. have found.

Boozy pensioners are Britain's "invisible addicts", according to a new study, which urges the slashing of drinking limits for over-65s to take into account the effects of ageing.

The United Nation's nuclear agency's decision to hold talks over the Fukushima nuclear meltdown behind closed doors has prompted anger and frustration over both the United Nations and the Japanese Governments reaction to the worst nuclear disaster in twenty five years

As Japan attempts to bury its head in the sand over the full scale of the Fukushima nuclear power meltdown there is growing concerns across the world that the United States is not taking the problem seriously enough.

The full extent of the damage to the environment and the safety of the Japanese people that the meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power caused is only now starting to become avaliable. Even more worrying is that it has not been released by the Japanese government but independent scientists who has scathed the Japanese governments rescue attempts.

Six children were hospitalised in France with E. coli infections after eating meat that manufacturers said could come from Germany, where an outbreak of the bacteria has killed 38 people.

Six children were hospitalised on Thursday in the northern French town of Lille after being infected with the rare strain of E.Coli bacteria recently traced to Germany, health authorities said.

Cameron and Miliband clash over Welfare reform

After being criticised for not communicating their initial plans well enough, have the government fared any better in revealing their new plans? Here is a roundup of the new reforms and how they differ from the previous plans.

The coalition has placed the United Kingdom on a road to austerity. The vaccination debate is sensitive. Primarily the government's first priority should be to keep their people safe and healthy. With defence and health care cuts can they really justify spending extra on international aid? The government may be heading down a thoroughly noble path but is the timing all wrong?

BBC 2 will air 'Choosing to Die' at 9pm on Monday evening sparking widespread condemnation from officials and licence payers. The film 'Choosing to Die' is a documentary about Peter Swedley, a motor neurone suffer who is chosen to take his own life in Switzerland. The film shows the last breath of Peter Swedley before he passes away. The film is designed to highlight the suffering of people with terminal disease and to illustrate the tremendous heart break and strain such diseases pl...