A new blood pressure measuring device which can also detect a dangerous heart condition has been backed by the NHS' watchdog.

A former minister is calling for unlimited fines and criminal sanctions for companies who own care homes in England where abuse is carried out.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt wants the NHS to be paperless by 2018 - a move a reports says could help save the health service £4bn a year.

Poultry producers must "take responsibility" for tackling campylobacter - the UK's most common source of food poisoning - says the head of the Food Standards Agency.

A leading doctor says diabulimia - when people with diabetes restrict their insulin to lose weight - is a growing problem specifically in young women.

Lack of clarity on plans for a new pricing system may affect some patients taking medication for cancer, a report finds.

Some children accurately diagnosed as autistic early in life lose their symptoms as they get older, say US researchers.

The intimate relationship between light and the eye starts earlier than previously thought - while still inside the womb - researchers say.