Brain scans show changes in the brain of internet addicts similar to those found in drug and alcohol addicts, preliminary research suggests.

Hospitals in England must do much better at improving productivity if patient care is not going to suffer in the coming years, experts say.

The Health Secretary for England, Andrew Lansley, is facing calls for more decisive action to help women concerned about PIP breast implants.

The family of a teenager from Surrey are trying to raise £22,000 for an operation which will stop her from vomiting up to 50 times a day.

A $10m (£6.5m) prize will be awarded to whoever can create a Star Trek-like hand-held medical diagnosis device.

A woman died after an experienced surgeon unintentionally attempted to take out the wrong organ during an operating theatre complication.

The Forth Valley Hospital is using a new robot to sort the mail, the first of its kind to be used in any hospital in Europe.

A Suffolk man who has lost a life-changing 40 stone - more than half his former body weight - now needs an operation to remove excess skin.