Early warning signs may have been missed in up to one in six people who died of a heart attack in English hospitals, a study suggests....

The pancreas can be triggered to regenerate itself through a type of fasting diet, say US researchers. Restoring the function of the...

Eating loads of fruit and vegetables - 10 portions a day - may give us longer lives, say researchers. The study, by Imperial College...

Hospital services in nearly two-thirds of England could be cut or scaled back, BBC analysis of local plans shows. The proposals are part...

Vitamin D supplements could spare more than three million people from colds or flu in the UK each year, researchers claim. The sunshine...

There were 24,300 excess deaths in England and Wales last winter - about half the number of the previous year. This means the number of...

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

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

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

Almost a third of patients in England and Wales are being given the wrong initial diagnosis after a heart attack - with women having a...