Are scientists close to developing artificial vocal cords?

Being overweight is not just bad for people's waistlines but for their mental abilities too, suggests a study of more than 6,000 Britons.

High-profile NHS hospitals in England are to be encouraged by the government to set up profit-making branches abroad to help fund UK services.

The cost of medical negligence payouts by the NHS in Wales almost doubles in three years, according to figures obtained by BBC Wales.

A shortage of doctors means emergency or unplanned care will stop at Neath Port Talbot hospital from midnight.

The pathologist responsible for the first post-mortem examination on Ian Tomlinson, who died during the London G20 protests, is ruled not fit to practise.

A Northern Ireland Health Trust is the first in the UK to use a robot which allows intensive care specialists from one hospital to remotely assess patients in another.

The Medical Director at the Moorfield Eye Hospital's branch in Dubai told 5 live why they had a branch in the UAE.