Women who start smoking are more likely to develop coronary heart disease than men who take up the habit, say researchers.

Hospital admissions for serious dog-related injuries rose by 5% in England last year, according to NHS data.

The number of young people admitted to Kent's hospitals after self harming has more than doubled in three years, figures show.

US-based pharmaceutical giant Pfizer makes the first compensation payment to Nigerian families affected by a controversial drug trial 15 years ago.

A picture of a US woman who underwent face-transplant surgery after being savaged by a chimpanzee in 2009 is revealed for the first time.

Reseach at the Sanger Institute in Cambridgeshire has led scientists to believe diseases like cancer and diabetes could be linked to minute variations in DNA.

An "electronic tattoo" could herald a revolution in medicine and even computer gaming, say US scientists.