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Liberia declared Ebola-free but World Health Organization warns 'the job is not done'
The milestone signals an apparent end to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.
Black pudding: Is it really a superfood?
Branding your product as a 'superfood' is the easiest marketing trick but we're still falling for it
World's oldest living creature Jonathan the giant tortoise 'transformed' after switching to high calorie diet
The change in the 183-year-old has given him a new lease of life.
Goldenberry: The new superfood?
Lauded as the best new addition to your baking and breakfast, is 2016 the year of the goldenberry?
Nut butters: Step aside, peanut – here comes almond, cashew, hazelnut and sunflower seed
Set to be one of the biggest food trends of 2016, here is your guide to the health benefits of nut butters
No, e-cigarettes are not as bad for you as regular cigarettes
Scientists dismiss study suggesting electronic cigarettes are just as bad for your health as ordinary cigarettes.
Blind mother fitted with revolutionary 'bionic eye' describes telling time 'like Christmas day'
Briton Rhian Lewis can finally tell what her children look like after eight years.
First licensed e-cigarettes to become available on NHS
GPs will be able to prescribe e-Voke electronic cigarettes to help smokers quit.
London sperm bank bars dyslexic donors
Critics describe the practice as form of eugenics.
Scotland's minimum alcohol pricing plan could breach EU law
European Court of Justice ruled Scottish government plans contravened EU law.
No, Americans don't have nicer teeth than the English
Research puts to bed - once and for all - the rumours that English's teeth are far worse than Americans.
Mother has 16 babies taken into care amid surge in newborns going to social services
Figures showed 13,248 babies taken into care at birth or shortly afterwards between 2007 and 2014.
XSTAT: Sponge injection that can plug open gunshot wound in 15 seconds approved for civilian use
Device is already in use on the battlefield and will now be used on the US population.
Google: How the 'needle-free' blood-drawing watch would work
The gadget described in Google's patent works by pricking the finger and drawing blood without using a needle.
E-cigarettes found by Harvard scientists to contain toxic chemical linked to lung disease
Scientists have called for urgent action after Diacetyl is found in 75% of e-cigarettes tested.
COP21: How an unhealthy and greedy diet causes climate change, natural disasters and hunger
Diets are getting unhealthier around the world – it's not only ruining our health, but the environment as well
London Underground fat shaming: Overweight Haters Ltd leaflet leaves commuter in tears
Overweight Haters Ltd leaflet says it 'hates and resents fat people' because they waste NHS money.
Hong Kong: Pole dancers challenge sleazy stigma as they prepare for World Championships
A new category for the over-40s was introduced this year called the Masters.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump slam Pfizer-Allergan deal
The deal has brought another round of hand-wringing in Washington over the corporate tax code.
Equality for Mental Health campaign on NHS spending backed by Alistair Campbell and Nick Clegg
Andrew Mitchell, Norman Lamb and nine former health secretaries among those calling for better provisions.
Sugar found to be bigger threat to health than first thought
Robert Lustig's study says sugar causes metabolic diseases irrespective of weight gain.
China: Revotek releases world's first 3D blood vessel bioprinter
With two nozzles working alternatively, the bioprinter can finish a 10cm blood vessel within two minutes.
Bacon causes colorectal cancer, steak is 'probably carcinogenic' says World Health Organization
An estimated 34,000 deaths a year worldwide are attributable to diets high in processed meats.
Woman gives birth at 30,000ft on a flight from Taiwan to LA [Video]
The woman's waters broke about six hours in to the flight.
Pauline Cafferkey latest news: Experts believe there is little risk of further Ebola spread
Ebola nurse currently in critical condition at the Royal Free Hospital in London.
San Francisco: Suicide nets to be installed at Golden Gate Bridge
Some critics say funds would be better spent for mental health care.
Nobel Prize in Economics 2015: Princeton University professor Angus Deaton wins £690,000
Edinburgh-born professor named winner "for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare".
Asthma cases in UK 'set to double' because new homes are too energy efficient
New designed houses in the UK are far more air tight, trapping in pollen and causing asthma.
India: Delhi to have world's largest number of premature deaths caused by air pollution
Kolkata and Mumbai will also have high mortality rates from polluted air in future.
Holocaust victims' traumas could be passed onto their children in DNA
Study on Holocaust survivors shows trauma may be inherited through epigenetics.