Radiotherapy 'emerging from the shadows'

Yosemite park rangers expand a health advisory about a killer virus to nearly a quarter of a million people who have stayed there since June.

Post-menopausal women who have Type 2 diabetes appear to have a 27% greater risk of developing breast cancer, experts say.

Having a highly demanding job, but little control over it, could be a deadly combination, say researchers who looked at 13 European studies.

A low-cost ultrasound scanner is developed by Newcastle University engineers.

Denise Middler and Darren Farquharson express relief at their baby's safe arrival in the back of their car - with help from the police.

Scientists identify five genes that determine the form of the human face in a find that could lead to sketches based solely on DNA findings.

A study published in the Lancet medical journal, has shown that having a stressful job, with little control over events, increases the risk of a heart attack.