A private firm becomes the first to start running an NHS hospital, which was threatened with closure as it grappled with £40m of debt.

A new online test is being launched that will help people with asthma gauge to what extent they are at risk from a serious attack.

Women who take certain ulcer drugs have a small increased risk of hip fractures in later life, particularly if they smoke, US research suggests.

The government is promising the health secretary will keep ultimate control over the NHS in England, as it pushes for Parliament to pass the NHS bill.

Researchers turn brain waves from thoughts of words into actual words, in a breakthrough that could benefit comatose and locked-in patients.

The number of stillbirths in Scotland fell to its lowest recorded rate in 2010, a health watchdog reveals.

A ban on cigarette vending machines comes into force in Wales to make it harder for young people to buy tobacco.

Britons are richer and more stressed than when the Queen came to the throne, a report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has found.