Although dementia is more common in women, it appears men are at higher risk of the earliest signs of the disease, according to latest research.

Doctors are being told they can no longer sign contracts that contain gagging orders, in new guidance issued by the medical regulator.

A series of talks between ministers and medical leaders have been taking place as concerns mount about the overhaul of the NHS in England.

Prof Cathy Warwick, chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives, outlines her fears about the "commercialisation of childbirth"

The owner of a French breast implant maker at the centre of an international safety scare is arrested in the south of France, police sources say.

The death rate from heart attacks in England has halved in the last decade, says an Oxford University study.

Alcohol related deaths in the UK have increased slight between 2009 and 2010, according to official figures.

The Today programme's Andrew Hosken reports concerns have been raised that a deficiency in Vitamin D could have a connection to sudden infant death syndrome.