Sugar added to processed foods is as damaging as alcohol and should be regulated, claim US health experts.

Measures introduced to the lower the suicide rate in England and Wales in the past decade appear to have been successful, according to an analysis.

A drug which could extend the life of prostate cancer patients is too expensive to be used on the NHS in England and Wales, a health watchdog says.

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

Around one million packets of birth control tablets are being recalled in the US as they might not prevent pregnancy.

Drugs firm AstraZeneca announces a further 7,300 job cuts over the next two years as part of a new restructuring programme.

Doctors are calling for newborn babies to be given vitamin D, to protect them from bone disease and other illnesses.

A salmonella outbreak linked to watermelon has affected 35 people, killing one, in the UK since December, health experts have revealed.