Contagious yawning may show the closeness of your relationships rather than your tiredness, say Italian scientists.

A bowel cancer screening programme in England is on course to cut deaths by a sixth - but some tumours go undetected.

A new £8 million research centre has opened which aims to better understand the impact of improvised explosives on British soldiers.

In the search for a public sector pensions deal, the government is expected to announce a new offer on NHS pensions.

Pharmacists who work in the community tell the BBC they are resorting to banking loans and even cashing in pensions to keep their businesses open.

The life expectancy gap between the richest and poorest in Wales is growing, new figures show, although both men and women can expect to live longer.

A fantasy palace is about to go on display in Liverpool, but not all is as it seems. The exhibit, featuring children's teeth, has been designed to provoke debate about science.

The Office of Fair Trading says it is minded to refer the UK's £5bn private healthcare sector to the Competition Commission.