Scotland is to play a major role in a trial of an artificial hibernation treatment to treat strokes, it is revealed.

Why are we spending £230 million on gluten free foods when only 1 adult in 50 has an allergy?

More than 60 are offered MMR vaccines after a health worker is identified as being infectious on duty, as an outbreak of the virus reaches 42 cases.

Researchers in Edinburgh launch a device for testing vision which could detect brain tumours in children and vulnerable people.

Labour force a Commons debate on whether Parliament can consider planned NHS changes for a final time before an assessment of the potential risks to the health service is published.

Scotland plays a leading role in a study to see whether lowering the temperature of stroke victims can improve survival rates.

A west London hospital's legal bid to save its children's heart surgery unit is "premature" because the consultation has not ended, appeal judges hear.

Electroconvulsive therapy for the depressed works by "turning down" an overactive connection in the brain, researchers say.