People with mild mental illnesses such as anxiety or depression are more likely to die early, say researchers.

Inappropriate equipment is undermining the medical aid effort in developing countries, experts say.

The first private company to run an NHS hospital claims it has cut waiting times, improved care and delivered savings in its first six months.

The anti-doping facility being used to test samples during the Olympic and Paralympic Games is to be turned into a medical research unit.

The number of people diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease after an outbreak in Staffordshire rises to 19, health officials say.

David Cameron is to announce the setting-up of a £10m science research centre on the site of the Olympic drug-testing laboratories.

Circle's chief executive Ali Parsa gives his verdict on the six months since the private health company took over Hinchingbrooke Hospital Trust in Cambridgeshire.

The private health company Circle took over Hinchingbrooke Hospital Trust in Cambridgeshire six months ago. Karen Jennings, assistant general secretary of Unison, gives her impression.