Scientists say research into mental illnesses such as depression is facing a funding crisis.

Experts are worried about a generation gap in blood donors as figures show a 20% drop in the number of young people giving blood during the past decade.

The author, Sir Terry Pratchett, has defended his television programme about assisted suicide, Choosing to Die.

Ministers will seek to reinvigorate their plans to change the NHS in England after an independent review recommended a major rewrite of the proposals.

Doctors record a person's brain waves as they go unconscious on the operating table.

David Cameron explained the government's revised plans for the NHS in England would give more control to patients, more powers to doctors and nurses and less bureaucracy.

Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates pledges $1bn to help vaccinate children around the world against preventable diseases like pneumonia.

Beekeepers could hold the key to fighting a variety of drug-resistant super bugs, according to research by Cardiff University's Welsh School of Pharmacy.