A leading researcher says the NHS should consider screening pregnant women to protect their babies from rickets.

A gene is linked to at least three cancers in different tissues in the body, US researchers say.

Modified ecstasy could one day have a role to play in fighting some blood cancers after researchers increase its effectiveness 100-fold, scientists say.

The Private Finance Initiative used by successive governments to pay for new schools and hospitals is poor value for money, a group of MPs say.

Dr Helen Coulthard from De Montfort University says parents need more help so they can provide home-cooked food for their babies.

Professor John Gordon from Birmingham University told Radio 5 live how the drug ecstasy could be used to treat cancer.

The teenager who won a court battle to be allowed to refuse a heart transplant when she was 14 told Radio 5 live why she decided to go through with the operation.

A leading cancer specialist says the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds was based on flawed medical advice.