Images of patients on ventilators on cigarette packets help smokers heed the health warnings about smoking better than written warnings, says US research.

Scientists say they have identified a possible genetic link between diabetes and Alzheimer's disease.

A second man dies after contracting Legionnaires' disease in Edinburgh where 41 cases of the illness have been confirmed.

Parents have been warned about the sale on the internet of dangerous fake digital thermometers which give inaccurate readings.

MPs have spoken of their mental health issues, with one suggesting raising it in public may affect his career and another labelling himself a "practising fruitcake".

Sultan Sarag, the father of Alina Sarag, who contracted tuberculosis and died from natural causes in which neglect played a part, says he wants to see doctors taking "more care" with the job they are doing.