Social isolation is linked with a higher risk of death in older people, research suggests.

Spending hours watching TV or playing computer games each day does not breed badly behaved children, say experts.

More compassionate care is needed in the NHS, ministers will concede in their official response to the Stafford Hospital public inquiry.

Stroke doctors and nurses at Leeds General Infirmary have used a revolutionary treatment to save the speech and movement of 64-year-old stroke victim Graham.

A boy given vital radiotherapy for a brain tumour after his mother lost a court battle to halt the treatment, is making "good progress", his father says.

A health board needs to save the equivalent of almost £1m a week in order to break even in the next financial year.

Staffordshire County Council launches a campaign to encourage parents of 11 to 14-year-olds to talk about the effects of drinking.

The Youth Sport Trust is encouraging young people with disabilities to become sports leaders in schools.