Professor John Cleland, cardiologist at Hull University, explains research that suggests calcium supplements may cause an increased risk of heart disease

A combination pill of two drugs used to treat addiction may help people lose weight, say US researchers.

The right of women to choose whether they have home births is being questioned by a leading medical journal.

Calcium supplements taken by many older people could be increasing their risk of a heart attack, research shows.

A father persuades the NHS to give his sick daughter a "miracle" drug he found on the internet.

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have visited Birmingham to take a look around the city's new "super-hospital".

A partial set of false teeth made for Sir Winston Churchill are sold at auction in Norfolk for £15,200.

Living with the effects of the Oxford heart surgery deaths.

Children's heart surgery should remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where four babies died, a report says.

But why do others question the decision?

Doctors need to be more direct when they are dealing with overweight patients, according to the government's health minister.

A special holiday break is helping UK children cope with the loss of loved ones killed in conflict

Referring patients to a specialist private clinic cheaper than NHS

Referring patients to a specialist private clinic cheaper than NHS

Parents of four babies who died after heart surgery at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, wait to hear the results of an independent review.

The overhaul of the NHS may harm the public health drive, a health think tank is warning.

The overhaul of the NHS may harm the public health drive, a health think tank is warning.

Doctors may soon be able to patch up damaged bones and joints anywhere in the body with a simple shot in the arm.

Doctors may soon be able to patch up damaged bones and joints anywhere in the body with a simple shot in the arm.

What should you do if you are stung by Britain's most poisonous fish?