An 83-year-old man becomes the oldest person in the UK to donate a kidney while still alive, the NHS Blood and Transplant service says.

Thousands of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented if the cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins, were more widely prescribed, research suggests.

The government has again defied an order to make public its own assessment of the risks from its massive changes to the NHS. The Labour MP John Healey and Health minister Lord Howe, discuss the issue.

Old home movies are being used to help trigger the forgotten past of people with dementia and other memory loss.

Growing small amounts of cannabis should be treated like a speeding ticket with a fine and no criminal record, according to a UK drugs charity.

A new centre to help wounded servicemen and women recover from the trauma of war has opened in Colchester.

Nicholas Crace, the 83-year-old who has become the oldest person in the UK to donate a kidney while still being alive, told BBC Breakfast why he decided to donate so late in life.

Two patients in the United States who are paralysed from the neck down have been able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts.