A cold weather cough that will not clear up could be first sign of more serious illness, such as cancer, experts are warning.

A transplant patient "would certainly have died" without the liver that was on board a plane which crash-landed in Birmingham, a surgeon says.

An 86-year-old patient at Stafford Hospital collapsed on a ward after being left without her oxygen supply, a public inquiry is told.

The mother of a five-year-old boy who died in Wales' biggest E. coli outbreak vows to continue to fight for justice for him as the inquest into his death is held.

The addition of a simple visor to soldiers' helmets could vastly reduce head injuries caused by explosions, say researchers.

Exercising to music appears to help reduce falls among older adults

BBC Breakfast's resident GP Dr Rosemary Leonard says people with persistent coughs should get their symptoms checked.

Deaths from Aids and rates of new HIV infections are falling globally, according to new statistics from the UN.