A young couple deliver their baby at home in Wakefield after a labour lasting just eight minutes.

A nursing conference is to be told that new recruits should be judged on their compassion, not just their skills.

Cutting air pollution has an instant impact on heart health, experts believe, after reviewing studies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

A drug for advanced prostate cancer, which can extend life by more than three months, is likely to be approved for NHS use in England and Wales.

The number of elderly people in England getting council-funded care has fallen by 11% in the last two years and looks like it will fall further, figures obtained by Labour suggest.

Over-the-counter HIV tests, which would allow people in the US to check in the privacy of their homes if they have the virus, move a step closer.

South Korea has stepped up customs inspections to stop capsules filled with powdered human flesh being smuggled into the country from China.

Big businesses should sponsor compulsory school meals, and packed lunches should be banned, says the former cage fighter and Celebrity Big Brother winner Alex Reid.