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One in every eight people — 970 million globally — live with mental illness, according to the...

A new way to recycle the metal from scrap cars could eliminate millions of tonnes of waste each year...

If you don’t exercise for the sake of exercising, doing five or six vigorous activities, each lasting just 10...

Getty ImagesThe health agency and ministers have recently warned of declining vaccine uptake among children.Last year, the share of five-year-olds who had received one dose of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine remained at its lowest level since...

Ed Mowery, the founder and lead singer of a death metal band, suffered unfathomable pain for decades: "It was 24/7, 365," he said, likening it to "lightning bolt razor snakes in my legs and nerve...

Sharon BarbourHealth correspondent, BBC North East and CumbriaSuppliedMeasles had been largely been eradicated but, as the uptake of the jab has fallen, the number of cases has grown.Child health experts have said some parents may not vaccinate their children...

Stethoscopes powered by artificial intelligence (AI) could help detect three different heart conditions in seconds, researchers say.The original stethoscope, invented in 1816, allows doctors to listen to the internal sounds of a patient's body.A British team conducted a study...

A new study released Friday found that young children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, are often prescribed medication too quickly. The study, led by Stanford Medicine and published in JAMA Network Open, examined the health...

The Food and Drug Administration announced new federal guidance for COVID-19 vaccinations on Wednesday that put new restrictions on how millions of Americans will be able to access the shots as several states deal with a late-summer surge in...