Elite athletes who cross more than five timezones to compete, double their risk of illness, suggests a BMJ study.

Elderly people would need to spend less time in hospital if care was better organised, experts say.

When placed under stressful situations, men rate larger women as more attractive, new research has shown.

Head teachers' leaders call the prime minister's comments on school sport "extremely unfair".

A single policy on treating hospital patients in mixed-sex wards is needed across all of Northern Ireland's five health trusts, according to a report.

A new plan is launched to cut the 4,700 deaths a year from heart disease in Wales, which will include looking at lifestyle and medication.

Hospital admissions for dog bites have risen in England by 5% on last year.

The UK's biggest health insurer has warned that treatment costs have become so expensive that hundreds of thousands of people are abandoning private medical cover. Dr Natalie-Jane McDonald, the managing director of BUPA's UK Business, gives her reaction.