A simple spit test could identify thousands of children with asthma who are taking medication which will never work for them, according to scientists.

People prescribed beta-blockers for their high blood pressure appear to be less likely to develop dementia.

Retailers in Australia have restricted sales of infant formula, amid a shortage caused by demand from China, following the tainted milk scandal.

Some 2,000-year-old tablets found on a shipwreck off the coast of Italy are analysed by scientists.

Hundreds of people attend a meeting calling for a GP who was struck off over the death of a detainee in Iraq to be reinstated.

There is a shortage of specialist end-of-life care in England, causing unnecessary suffering, experts say.

Two Roman Catholic midwives who lost a legal battle to avoid taking part in abortion procedures begin an appeal at the Court of Session.

A debt-ridden London NHS trust which was on the brink of bankruptcy should be dissolved, a report finds.