Waiting a few minutes after delivery to cut the umbilical cord is best for a newborn's health, findings suggest.

All smoking in cars should be banned across the UK to protect people from second-hand smoke, doctors say.

Designers have come up with ideas to try to stop patients losing their temper and abusing hospital staff at accident and emergency units in England.

Smoking in all cars across the UK should be banned to protect people from second-hand smoke, doctors say.

Two years ago Helen Marston made an extraordinary decision to donate one of her kidneys to someone she had never met.

A nine-year-old girl undergoes a heart transplant, 14 years after her father had the same operation.

A code of conduct and minimum standards of training is to be drawn up for health care assistants and care workers who look after the elderly in England.

A code of conduct and minimum standards of training is to be drawn up for health care assistants and care workers who look after the elderly in England.