Deep brain stimulation could improve the quality of life and weight of people with severe anorexia, a small study suggests.

The amount of salt in our diet could be driving our own immune systems to rebel against us leading to diseases such as multiple sclerosis, very early research suggests.

Sausages, ham, bacon and other processed meats appear to increase the risk of dying young, a study of half a million people across Europe says.

Sausages, ham, bacon and other processed meats appear to increase the risk of dying young, a study of half a million people across Europe suggests.

A decision is due on a High Court legal challenge to overturn plans to end child heart surgery at Leeds General Infirmary.

Psychiatric hospitals must consider the children of those who are given compulsory mental health treatment, according to a health watchdog.

Campaigners trying to keep child heart surgery in Leeds win a legal challenge.

Smoking in Britain has more than halved and people are drinking on fewer nights of the week, according to a snapshot survey covering the past 40 years.