Failure to reform alcohol laws could lead to 210,000 preventable deaths in England and Wales in the next 20 years, doctors warn.

The prime minister is calling a meeting of healthcare professionals later to discuss the government's highly contentious changes to the NHS.

An inquiry into the deaths of five children in Northern Ireland while being treated in hospital gets under way.

A study at Edinburgh University finds people involved in manufacturing a material used in touch screens may face a health risk.

Twin brothers Michael and Daniel Smith have an extremely rare eye condition for which there is no known cause or cure. Leber's Optic Neuropathy is the loss of vision as a result of the death of cells in the optic nerve, causing it to stop relaying vital information from the eyes to the brain.

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has been heckled and jostled by protesters as he arrived at Downing Street for a meeting on the future of the NHS.

Young carers need more support, says a Tyneside teenager who "slipped under the radar" of social and health services.

Scientists report promising results for an experimental pancreatic cancer drug treatment.