Closing hospitals or reducing what they do 'can be for the best'

A UK study finds poor physical health is rife among people with severe mental illness in the UK - and suggests nurses may be partly to blame.

More young people may be suffering from orthorexia, a condition where healthy eating and exercise is taken to potentially dangerous extremes.

GP practices in the UK are to be offered help to become more efficient so that staff can spend more time with patients.

Experts believe a simple blood test could spot diabetes up to 10 years before the first symptoms of the disease occur.

A 25-year-old man horrifically injured by an accident involving an electric power line has received a full face transplant in the US.

Warm weather appears to have encouraged parasitic ticks to emerge earlier than last year, a hillwalking body says.

Northern Ireland Health Minister Michael McGimpsey apologises to those affected by the C. difficile outbreak in Northern Trust hospitals.