Skin transplant surgery can be an effective way of treating the skin disease vitiligo, say US researchers.

Many lives could be saved if GPs followed guidelines for reducing cholesterol in those at high risk of heart disease, a study suggests.

Too many patients in England and Wales are not getting their medicines in hospital, a safety watchdog says.

AP - Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have swung the pendulum back toward the days of "once a C-section, always a C-section."

Men are likelier than women to enjoy sex in old age, researchers find.

Men are likelier than women to enjoy sex in old age, researchers find.

Coronation Street actress Beverley Callard reveals she has been receiving treatment for depression.

Who can read my notes? Electronic records explained

AFP - Couples who use acupuncture and Chinese medicine to try and increase their chances of having a baby were warned there was no evidence it worked by British fertility experts Wednesday.

A vaccine is available - why don't we use it?

An MP writes to police to ask if there is a basis for a criminal inquiry into activities at Stafford Hospital.

Why extra fat can turn you into a killer behind the wheel

Doctors leaders urge ministers to halt the development of a medical records database for patients in England.

Hopes of reaching a cross-party deal on funding social care appear to be dead in the water.

There is no evidence acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine boost the chance of IVF success, fertility experts warn.

Children with behavioural problems are twice as likely to suffer chronic pain as adults than others, say researchers.

Reuters - Medication-induced home abortions are safe for women who are 50 to 63 days pregnant, a new study from Sweden shows.

Research by the University of Sussex suggests feeling lousy while ill may be down to reactions in the brain rather than physical symptoms.

A high street chemist is investigating after a religious employee refused a customer in Sheffield the contraceptive pill.

The UK donates £1m ($1.5m) to South Africa to buy 42m condoms, as the nation builds up to the football World Cup.