A plan to rid the world of polio by the end of next year is "off track", say international experts.

Being tall is linked to a greater risk of 10 common cancers, according to UK researchers who studied more than one million women.

As many as a quarter of men have a genetic change which makes them less fertile than usual, research suggests.

Research carried out in Scotland and the US establishes a physical link between a single head injury and dementia.

Over 150 patients who underwent heart surgery in Swansea earlier this year are told they may have been exposed to the Hepatitis B virus.

Just one in 13 older girls are getting their recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, official government data shows.

Blood tests designed to detect active tuberculosis are inaccurate and should be banned according to the World Health Organization.

Two more patients die at a hospital in Greater Manchester after saline solution was found to be contaminated, taking the death toll to five.