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Women are closing the inequality gap on men when it comes to alcohol consumption

Campaign to reduce number of unnecessary medical treatments

Concerning decline in anti-osteoporosis medication prescriptions over the last 10 years

Scientists find new genetic roots of schizophrenia

Anti-inflammatory drugs could help treat symptoms of depression, study suggests

Wheat proteins may cause inflammation beyond the gut

Fussy-eating is down to nature not nurture

Calcium supplements taken to increase bone health could increase risk of heart disease

Hospital admissions for allergies increased by a third in five years

1.7 million children started secondary school overweight or obese in last decade

World Mental Health Day 2016

People are living longer but spending more time ill

Teenagers learn and remember differently to adults

Preference for high-fat food has genetic link

Universal flu vaccine in development