Since Scotland introduced a ban on smoking in public places in 2006 there has been a significant decline in the country's premature birth rate, say researchers.

Leg amputation rates for people with diabetes are 10 times higher in some parts of England than in others.

Many parents would like to see a ban on the advertising of unhealthy foods and sugary snacks before the 2100 watershed, a survey for the Children's Food Trust suggests.

Vulnerable people in care homes may be struggling to get access to GPs and routine medicines in England, a review suggests.

How one surgeon and his engineer brother are helping to cut costs and recovery time for hip replacement patients.

A doctor who was found guilty of serious professional misconduct over the MMR controversy has won an appeal at the High Court against being struck off.

There is "no real evidence" that releasing private documents would stop civil servants giving candid advice to ministers, a tribunal has heard.

Jean-Claude Mas, the head of the French implant supplier at the heart of a global health scare, is jailed for not paying his bail.