A 10-year-old girl has had a major blood vessel in her body replaced with one grown in the laboratory, Swedish doctors report.

Pedestrian crossings do not allow older people enough time to cross the road, study warns.

Children's meals at some of the leading pub and fast food chains contain more salt than they should eat in an entire day, an investigation has found.

The British Medical Journal has called on doctors' organisations to stop opposing assisted dying for terminally ill, mentally competent adults.

Pressure on Stormont budgets has made preventing ill-health in Northern Ireland more difficult, the Public Health Agency says.

The rise of inflammatory bowel diseases could be down to our shifting diets promoting "bad bacteria", according to US researchers.

A South African girl who suffered severe burns to 80% of her body has successfully undergone a rare skin graft operation.

Doctors in Scotland say five stroke patients involved in an experimental stem cell treatment have shown signs of slight improvement