Many new mothers are bombarded with contradictory and even dangerous parenting advice by their own relatives, a Netmums survey suggests.

Evidence is emerging that health managers in England are rebelling against attempts to create greater competition in the NHS.

A third of hard-to-treat high blood pressure may actually be 'fake' and instead a patient's nervous response to being seen by a doctor, say experts.

Global death rates in young adults are now higher than in young children, claims a new report in The Lancet.

Scientists in Oxford start trialling a new drug to treat people with lung cancer.

Charlie's dad was diagnosed with cancer when he was nine. Watch his story here.

Thirty eight patients may have been put at risk of contracting Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) during surgery in south Wales, it is revealed.

Managing sleep and stress levels can help fight obesity, according to scientists in the US.