The risk of developing autism may be passed on through - and not just to - future generations, say researchers who studied nearly 6,000 people.

Most family doctors in Britain have prescribed a placebo or dummy drug to at least one of their patients, survey findings suggest.

Death rates in hospitals in Wales will be published for the first time later by the Welsh government in its move to improve transparency in the NHS.

Hospital bed and staff shortages across the West Midlands mean patients are suffering as ambulances cannot unload at A&E, a senior officer says.

Doctors at the Basra maternity hospital in Iraq have told the BBC that they have seen a 60% rise in birth defects since 2003.