More than 80% of patients with suspected cancer in England are referred by their GP after just one or two consultations, a study has found.

Deaths from paracetamol overdoses fell by 43% in England and Wales in the 11 years after the law on pack sizes was changed, says a study.

Normal emotions to be labelled 'illnesses' in US psychiatric manual

Heterosexual men eye up other men's physical qualities from their dance moves - just as women do - researchers in Newcastle find.

The government's workplace capability assessments, designed to get more disabled people back to work, have been heavily criticised by a committee of MPs.

It may be possible to use a patient's own skin to repair the damage caused by multiple sclerosis, which is currently incurable say researchers.

Measles cases in England and Wales have risen to 2,016 in 2012, the highest annual total for 18 years, says the Health Protection Agency.

Nine female polio vaccinators have been killed in two shootings at health centres in Nigeria's northern state of Kano, police tell the BBC.