Asperger syndrome

Asperger syndrome is a form of autism which often manifests in "eccentric" behaviour rather than pronounced and obvious disability.

Posted on: 25 August 2009 | 6:27 am

Achalasia

Achalasia is a rare motility disorder of the oesophagus, commonly known as the gullet.

Posted on: 7 August 2009 | 8:42 am

E. coli infection

E. coli is a common bug which is present everywhere in the environment. Mostly it helps people to stay healthy, providing the body with many vitamins, such as vitamin K. But some strains - such as the 0157 strain - are potentially fatal.

Posted on: 3 August 2009 | 9:54 am

Plague

Plague killed millions of people in Europe in the Middle Ages, when it was also known as the Black Death.

Posted on: 3 August 2009 | 3:50 am

Swine flu

Posted on: 13 July 2009 | 10:11 am

Hot weather risks

Hot weather is affecting the UK. While most enjoy the summer sun, high temperatures can pose a significant risk to health.

Posted on: 29 June 2009 | 7:09 am

Diverticular disease

Diverticular disease is a condition which occurs when pouches of tissue, commonly known as diverticula, pass through the muscular layer of the bowel.

Posted on: 3 June 2009 | 10:25 am

Pancreatitis

Acute pancreatitis is a sudden inflammatory condition which can cause severe symptoms.

Posted on: 1 May 2009 | 11:32 am

Ulcerative colitis

Ulcerative colitis is one of two forms of inflammatory bowel disease, which typically affects the large bowel only.

Posted on: 3 April 2009 | 4:39 am

Gastro oesophageal reflux disease

Posted on: 12 March 2009 | 8:23 am

Peptic Ulcer Disease

Peptic ulcer disease is a condition associated with a break in the lining of either the stomach or portion of the small intestine, known as the duodenum.

Posted on: 4 March 2009 | 10:24 am

Fat

Fat is an essential part of the diet, but lots of people eat more fat than they need or is good for them.

Posted on: 10 February 2009 | 1:19 am

Alzheimer's and dementia

Alzheimer's disease is a progressive, degenerative and irreversible brain disorder that causes intellectual impairment, disorientation and eventually death and is the most common cause of dementia.

Posted on: 22 December 2008 | 4:11 am

IVF

Around 6,000 babies a year are born in the UK to otherwise infertile couples as a result of in vitro fertilisation.

Posted on: 24 October 2008 | 11:59 am

Myalgic encephalomyelitis

Myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome has only been recognised by doctors in recent years after originally being dismissed as 'yuppie flu'.

Posted on: 24 October 2008 | 10:11 am

Tuberculosis

Health officials are struggling to contain an outbreak of TB in Leicestershire. BBC News online examines a disease which is posing a growing threat around the world.

Posted on: 5 August 2008 | 7:24 am

Age-related macular degeneration

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness. It is just one form of macular disease, which affects the eye's retina.

Posted on: 5 August 2008 | 6:39 am

Emphysema

Emphysema is a progressive lung condition which leaves sufferers struggling for breath.

Posted on: 23 June 2008 | 8:45 am

Crohn's disease

Information on the inflammatory gut disorder Crohn's disease.

Posted on: 20 May 2008 | 9:44 am

Bird flu

The BBC News website looks at bird flu - and the fears it could spread between humans.

Posted on: 10 January 2008 | 1:51 pm

Anabolic steroids

Anabolic steroids can boost sporting performance - but at a serious cost to long-term health.

Posted on: 14 December 2007 | 5:36 am

Sickle cell anaemia

People with sickle cell anaemia should be screened for a potentially fatal complication, scientists say.

Posted on: 11 October 2007 | 2:42 am

Ebola and other tropical viruses

BBC News Online examines the facts behind terrifying outbreaks of haemorrhagic fevers in Africa and beyond.

Posted on: 12 September 2007 | 5:33 am

Dystonia

Dystonia is an incurable neurological movement disorder thought to affect at least 40,000 in the UK alone.

Posted on: 25 June 2007 | 8:36 am

Pneumonia

Pneumonia is a common respiratory disease, and kills around one in 20 people who contract it.

Posted on: 6 June 2007 | 2:57 am