Nurses will be told to do regular ward rounds and patients encouraged to carry out inspections as part of a drive to improve hospital standards in England.

Some 40,000 British women with banned PIP breast implants should find out later whether the government believes they should be removed.

The brain's ability to function can start to deteriorate as early as 45, suggests a study in the British Medical Journal.

Four out of five men confess to being unhappy about their body, suggests an online survey by the University of the West of England.

IVF babies born from frozen embryos are heavier and result in longer pregnancies than those born from fresh embryos, research suggests.

The brain's ability to function can start to deteriorate as early as 45, suggests a study in the British Medical Journal.

Health campaigners have voiced concerns that many people are not getting enough vitamin D, which could lead to an increase in related diseases.

A mental health nurse talks about the pressures of paperwork, which she says is often duplicated and she is becoming the nurse she didn't want to be.