Opticians should offer blood sugar checks alongside eye tests to help spot patients with undiagnosed diabetes, experts propose.

Scientists hope to harness coral's natural defence against the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays to make a sunscreen pill for humans.

Plans to replace the disability living allowance (DLA) could lead to 85% of claimants cutting back on basics like food and transport, a charity has warned.

An 86-year-old American man has survived being impaled through the eye socket by a pair of pruning shears.

A teenage girl from south Wales was left permanently paralysed after a spinal anaesthetic was wrongly left in place for more than two days, a hospital admits.

Researchers in Germany have developed a microchip sensor that can be implanted close to a tumour to monitor its growth.

Anna Adams examines the row over independent abortion counselling and who should do it.

Women in North Yorkshire can no longer choose to have a Caesarean unless there is a medical reason for it.