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Bagged salad can fuel the growth of food-poisoning bugs like Salmonella and make them more dangerous, a study says.

University of Leicester scientists said the moist environment combined with nutrients leaching out of chopped leaves created the perfect breeding ground f...

Couples can find out their chances of having a baby over multiple cycles of IVF treatment, using a new online calculator.

University of Aberdeen researchers, who developed the tool, said it would help couples shape their expectations and plan their treatments.

The online...

At least one in every four women invited for cervical cancer screening in England last year failed to attend, latest figures show.

Out of about 4.2 million women invited, just over three million attended. NHS Digital said it was the second consecutive year that screenin...

Almost a third of patients in England and Wales are being given the wrong initial diagnosis after a heart attack - with women having a far higher chance of being affected, a study suggests.

University of Leeds research examined NHS data on about 600,000 heart attack cas...

A father who “almost lost” his baby daughter to a series of sicknesses including the über-contagious respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has taken to social media to warn others about the dangers of not washing hands “before handling little ones.”

 The Memphis-area father...

Sudden unexplained infant deaths, or cot deaths, have reached the lowest level on record in England and Wales, according to the latest figures.

In 2014 there were 128, compared with 165 the previous year and 207 in 2004.

Fewer women smoking and campaigns to teach new par...

An experimental pill could help adults with severe asthma, an early study in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal suggests.

In the small trial, patients who were given the drug, known as Fevipiprant, had less inflammation in their airways.

And some patients with...

Pregnancy multivitamins are a waste of money because most mothers-to-be do not need them, according to researchers.

In Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, researchers say they looked at all evidence and found supplements did not boost the health of mothers and babies.

But pr...

An outbreak of E. Coli affecting more than 100 UK people could be linked to eating contaminated mixed salad leaves, public health officials say.

To date, 109 people are known to have caught the bug - 102 in England, six in Wales and one in Scotland.

South-west England ha...

Skin cancer rates in Scotland have more than doubled among those aged 55 and over in the past 20 years, a leading charity has reported.

Cancer Research UK highlighted the statistics as it issued advice on safety in the sun this summer.

In Scotland, 900 people aged 55 and...