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

Scientists say a common heart disease which kills thousands each year is passed genetically from father to son.

The top Republican in Congress calls for a law against a contraceptive rule if President Obama does not back down in the face of Catholic leaders' anger.

An 86-year-old woman who lives yards from a hospital in Essex waits nearly two hours for an ambulance to arrive at her house.

A rise in the number of Scots men taking their own lives has led to a widening gap in suicide rates between Scotland and England and Wales, a study suggests.

A Welsh assembly inquiry into neonatal hospital services hears about the need for improvements in the care of premature and sick babies in Wales.

War Horse star Jeremy Irvine met the Duchess of Cornwall when she talked to diabetes patients at Addenbrooke's Hospital.

A Scottish company launches a new treatment based on light-therapy to treat acne.