The length of a man's fingers can provide clues to his risk of prostate cancer, according to new research.

Routine tests for the HIV virus should be carried out in casualty wards and GP surgeries, according to experts who say too many cases are going unrecorded.

Age, sex and wealth all affect how likely your GP is to refer you for a specialist appointment, a study has concluded.

The Scottish Parliament is expected to reject new laws giving terminally ill people the right to choose when to die.

An inquest into the deaths of patients who became infected during heart surgery hears the exact cause is still unknown.

A woman who was infected with hepatitis C while being given a blood transfusion more than 20 years ago loses a High Court bid for compensation.

As World Aids Day is marked around the globe, one orphaned woman in Kenya describes how she discovered she was HIV-positive.

Tony Nicklinson suffers from locked-in syndrome and wants a change in the law on assisted dying.