The waists of more than half of women are too big, experts say, possibly raising their risk of cancer and infertility.

Doctors are set to discuss their next move in a dispute over pensions as they gather in Bournemouth for their four-day annual conference.

The TEDGlobal conference starts in Edinburgh with an entrepreneur who has come up with a novel diagnosis for Parkinson's disease.

Junior doctors will have to spend at least four days shadowing their first job in the NHS before starting work, the government has announced.

A Scottish girl with terminal cancer who is on life support in Mexico could be flown home soon after more than £140,000 is raised.

Almost half of all care homes and treatment centres in England are failing to protect the welfare of vulnerable adults, a report says.