Latest National News
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Ban on stem-cell patents 'wrong’
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Screen may spot autism in one-year-olds
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Heart attacks 'are worse' if they happen in the morning
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Chronic illness is the 'biggest killer', says WHO
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GPs 'need better access to consultants'
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Devolution points way to different types of NHS
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Lithium 'slows development of Alzheimer's'
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DIY heart check-up booth unveiled
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Smog alert for England and Wales
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Do women inherit their mother's health? From breast cancer to obesity, how your genes count more than your lifestyle
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Parents' desperate plea to save life-saving heart unit from axe
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Killing the pain with happy pills
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GPs given all clear to strike price deals with drug firms
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TB screening 'missing most cases’
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Baby tragedy couple face new setback in quest for ‘justice’
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Diet 'can reverse kidney failure' in mice with diabetes
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Tai chi benefits heart failure patients
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Kings Fund: Waiting times in England at three-year high
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Ten years in a desk job 'doubles bowel cancer risk' (even if you go to the gym)
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Patients could be at risk from unregulated 'cheap' healthcare workers
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Pension and tax reforms could cut GP pay by a third
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Calcium supplements 'increase heart attack risk by a fifth'
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Virus and low sunlight 'raises multiple sclerosis risk'
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Antidepressants boost new brain cell growth
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New injection that 'cuts heart attack damage by more than half'
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Hospital records of violence fall further
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NHS shake-up: I take responsibility, says David Cameron
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Councils cut back on free adult social care
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Injectable gel could help treat arthritis
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Take it easy? Patients should start exercise just a week after heart attack, claim doctors
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Middle-aged are grumpy because happiness is U-shaped
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Injectable gel may ease arthritis pain
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TeloVac pancreatic cancer vaccine trial launched in UK
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Women and depression: a modern malaise?
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Communication breakdown over health service reforms
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No to extra pay on royal wedding day
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Cash crisis fears over city care homes
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How exercise is helping people living with dementia
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Brain scans fuel hope of early Alzheimer's detection
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UK stillbirth rates among highest of rich nations
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Type 2 diabetes 'cut' after weight-loss surgery
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Lansley faces confidence vote by nurses
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Ecstasy use leads to brain damage
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Retail therapy could really be good for you
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Half-hour walk 'cuts Alzheimer's risk'
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Clinic for town’s obese slammed as ‘heavy burden on the taxpayer’
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Worrying levels of iodine deficiency in the UK
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Doctors 'often defy' their own treatment advice
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Unused drugs ‘costing the NHS millions’
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Dr Luisa Dillner's guide to . . . working long hours
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Older brains less nimble at multi-tasking
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NHS reform: Front-line clinical jobs 'under threat
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Row over prescription changes
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Drinking over recommended limit 'raises cancer risk'
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Too many men 'unconcerned' about weight health risks
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Health services across Yorkshire are facing brutal cuts
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Drinking over the limit 'raises cancer risk'
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Too-cold homes 'causing illnesses'
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More NHS hospitals face financial difficulties and mergers
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Surgeons' training 'risks worsening emergency care'
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Europe 'losing' superbugs battle
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The latest super food? Tangerines 'a tonic for your heart'
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Why too much stress makes your memory worse as you age (but a little can be helpful)
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3,000 lives could be saved through bowel cancer test
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Wrong medicines prescribed to 7 in 10 elderly
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Alzheimer's blood test hope
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NHS to be monitored on breast cancer surgery rates for elderly women
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Eating three bananas a day could 'slash the risk of a stroke'
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Working long hours 'raises heart attack risk'
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Chemical found which 'makes bone marrow repair skin'
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Fasting for 24 hours 'may cut your risk of heart disease and diabetes'
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Are your joints older than you? How modern life can make you creaky before your time, whatever your lifestyle