Latest National News
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Toxic timebomb fears on hip implants for 50,000 patients
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Teen pregnancy rate lowest since 1969
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Lansley says Tories helped in NHS pullback
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Selenium supplements for healthy hair and nails 'can increase risk of type-2 diabetes'
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Does Wii work? Study shows virtual boxing, bowling and dancing do not help children with exercise requirements
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Many drugs 'non-vegetarian and need better labelling'
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Sleeping pills 'linked to increased death risk'
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Free HIV treatment on NHS for foreign nationals
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Mentally ill 'at high risk of being victim of violence'
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Would you throw away a week in the Bahamas?
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New proof daily dose of fish oil does help keep your brain young
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NHS bill: Lib Dem peers urge rewrite
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Ministers deny GlaxoSmithKline claims of drug delays
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Longer cancer referral times for young, women and ethnic minorities
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Bid To Strip Competition From NHS Reforms
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Transplant breakthrough as livers 'kept alive' outside body giving hope to hundreds
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Workers who burn calories at the gym 'avoid having a burnout in the office'
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A fat lot of good...
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NHS prescription costs to increase in England
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How eating oranges and grapefruit can cut the risk of a stroke by their anti-inflammatory properties
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GPs 'slow to refer 1/4 of cancer patients'
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Patients 'must be treated with dignity, kindness and compassion'
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Male Y chromosome extinction theory challenged
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Skin cancer drug hopes raised by study
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Elderly face 'institutional ageism', says care minister Paul Burstow
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Sudden cardiac death: Time of day link found in mice
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No trust in government's handling of NHS, poll suggests
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Heart attack symptoms 'differ in women'
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An app a day keeps the doctor away: Patients told to use mobile phones for a check-up instead of visiting their GP
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Nearly 2,000 live with undiagnosed dementia
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Lethal bug lurking inside the mouth could kill if it enters bloodstream, say scientists
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More than 1.3 million diabetes patients not offered vital tests
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Breast implant women to meet Health Secretary Sturgeon
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Pancreatic cancer: Trial drug MRK003 shows promise
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Gyms demand GPs provide patients with ‘fit to exercise’ notes
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Timebomb of 'impossible to treat' diseases in UK as experts see a rise in antibiotic-resistant infections
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210,000 people face alcohol death risk, warn doctors
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It's skincredible! Burns boy, 2, healed with spray-on skin
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Health reforms are already helping NHS claims David Cameron
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'Pharmacy on a chip' gets closer
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Body clock 'alters' immune system
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Clinics 'palming off breast implant clients on NHS'
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'Cancer-causing' chemical used in plastics and food containers can also lead to obesity and diabetes, says study
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SHAs fear Health Bill threatens patient care and commissioner support
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Not enough evidence for Botox migraine jab, says NICE
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Children 'watch same level' of junk food ads despite TV rules
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'Fewer crisps for healthy teenagers but some skip meals'
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Patients see a succession of doctors in hospital it has been warned
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Knee op restrictions are 'a false economy'
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One GP in seven warns their local hospital is ‘dangerously substandard’
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NHS shake-up 'risks safety and patient care'
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TripAdvisor-style reviews by patients 'predict worst hospitals'
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NHS patients 'will pay under health bill'
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Hospitals’ clean bill of health
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Stem cells used to 'heal' heart attack scars
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'Nutrition tsar' call dismissed amid obesity surgery review
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Breast cancer sufferers denied two drugs on NHS
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Seven in ten British adults and almost half of under 35s now have high blood pressure due to lifestyle
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Mouth bacteria linked to bowel cancer
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Treating vitamin D deficiency to cost £100m a year by 2013
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Expert challenges 'myth' of falling NHS productivity
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Big meals in 'memory loss link' in elderly
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Immune cells use 'starvation tactics' on HIV
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EU red tape making drugs trials 'impossible'
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Regulators probe pancreatic cancer link with diabetes treatments
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The 3D lens that may hold a key in battle against cancer
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Cannabis drivers 'twice as likely to cause car crash'
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Alzheimer's brain plaques 'rapidly cleared' in mice
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GPs could prescribe 1.6m fewer antibiotics
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Nepal visit boosts health
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A new £5m vision for st Luke’s
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GP’s petition to drop health bill nearing 60,000 signatures
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Genetic Parkinson's disease brain cells made in lab
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Commons Health Select Committee hears evidence on PIP implants
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Teenage contraceptive implants: case in favour
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Coffee could improve memory
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Field 'furious' over claims listening exercise was 'just a tactic'
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British scientists want… your brain: Appeal for donors to help battle against dementia
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Workers in 1952 poorer but less stressed, says report
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Dangers of vitamin D deficiency highlighted
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Backers of NHS shake-up turn against Andrew Lansley's plans
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Watermelon found to be source of salmonella outbreak
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Brains may be wired for addiction
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102-year-old man becomes world's oldest person to have surgery... so he can carry on gardening
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Red wine chemical could drive new treatments
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NICE: Prostate cancer drug too costly for NHS
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Sugar tax needed, say US experts
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Flesh-eating bug spread by coughs and sneezes spreading across the UK
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Massages are good for you: Shoulder rub mimics effect of pain-killers at molecular level
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Surrey mother seeks compensation for metal hip