BBC Health News

Call for UK ban on 'grotesquely sugary' freakshakes13 Nov 2018 01:04Action on Sugar surveyed milkshakes on sale in the UK - one contained 39 teaspoons of sugar.
Fat-clogged cells explain why obesity can cause cancer12 Nov 2018 16:02A type of cell the body uses to destroy cancer gets clogged by fat and stops working, findings suggest.
Briton dies from rabies after cat bite in Morocco12 Nov 2018 13:44The individual was on holiday in Morocco, a country deemed high risk by public health officials.
Britain's first specialist wound hub to open13 Nov 2018 19:06Terror attack victims and injured soldiers are to benefit from research at the Birmingham centre.
'Fake ambulance' pulled over by Swansea police13 Nov 2018 10:57The estate car was covered in paintwork and logos that made it look like an operational ambulance.
Northern Ireland child post-mortem examinations to be done in England13 Nov 2018 12:12From January 2019 post-mortem examinations on children from Northern Ireland will have to be carried out in Liverpool.

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