The gut infection Clostridium difficile can be defeated by a cocktail of rival good bacteria, experiments in mice show.

A screening test for children starting school which could accurately detect early signs of a persistent stutter is a step closer, experts say.

Some medical bodies, backed by the government, hope to give NHS patients free access to their own medical notes.

The national breast screening programme may be harming more women than it helps, an official review is told.

A hospital trust in South Yorkshire reveals plans to cut 750 jobs, around 20% of its workforce, in order to save £50m by 2015.

Six out of 11 care workers who admitted a total of 38 charges of neglect or abusing patients at a private hospital are jailed.

The NHS paid out more than £3bn in compensation claims linked to maternity care between 2000 and 2010, figures for England show.

There are now 130 confirmed cases of E. coli in Northern Ireland worst ever outbreak, the Public Health Agency has confirmed.