Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox went to the aid of a pregnant mother in difficulty during a flight, it emerges.

The GP bonus system has been called into question after research suggests it has had no real impact on the treatment of high blood pressure.

Researchers in the United States claim to have rewound the ageing process in mice, and say the breakthrough might one day lead to treatments which extend human life.

A medical team at Frenchay Hospital in Bristol is pioneering a new form of surgery to treat long term depression.

Scientists are slowly unlocking the secrets of ageing, and some claim treatments may be at hand to slow the ageing process.

Theresa Marteau: "The bad nudges work more effectively than good nudges."