Limiting the time we spend sitting to just three hours a day could add an extra two years to life expectancy, experts calculate. But how useful is this estimate?

Doctors should not fear reporting suspicions about child abuse, the regulator of the profession says.

An NHS trust unveils plans for a major shake-up of services as it reveals it is losing £100,000 a day through inefficiency.

Drinking cranberry juice does appear to prevent urine infections, medical experts conclude.

The number of steroid users seeking help and advice is doubling year on year, according to health officials and charities.

Wealthy pensioners should stop receiving free bus passes and prescriptions, an ally of the prime minister is expected to argue.

The independence of a report calling for big changes to hospitals is questioned after correspondence emerges between its author and senior Welsh government officials.

A 5 live investigation has found that men in their teens and twenties are increasingly turning to steroids to bulk up.