Epilepsy is twice as common in low and middle-income countries as it is in the developed world, experts warn.

Extra-curricular exercise sessions have little impact on children's overall daily physical activity, research in the British Medical Journal suggests.

Hundreds of thousands of pregnant women across the UK are to be offered a whooping cough vaccine to protect babies from an escalating outbreak of the disease.

The head of the NHS Sir David Nicholson has said the whole service is on "high alert" as it prepares for massive re-organisation.

The government's health service reforms in England have provoked huge controversy, particularly over the role of private companies.

Health chiefs are investigating complaints a hospital patient posted photographs and messages on Facebook insulting an elderly woman on her ward.

Scottish doctors could strike again if a row over pensions is not resolved, the British Medical Association warns.

The UK's first permanent memorial to people who have donated their bodies to medical science is unveiled in Cardiff.