A brain implant may be able to predict epilepsy seizures by picking up the early warning patterns in the brain, a small study suggests.

There are wide variations in the quality of care during childbirth, according to a report by doctors.

Children's surgery is suspended at a private Surrey hospital after "serious concerns" are raised by the health watchdog.

Saudi Arabia says five people have died from a Sars-like virus in the east of the country and two more are seriously ill.

Three patients in Scotland die after catching a new strain of the Clostridium difficile bug - the first reported cases worldwide.

More than a third of schools in England are not giving pupils age-appropriate sex and relationships education, leaving children vulnerable to sexual exploitation, the schools watchdog Ofsted warns.

The number of cases in the Swansea measles epidemic rises to 1,039, an increase of 28 in the past two days.

An American woman has had a successful face transplant, six years after an attack by her estranged husband left her horribly disfigured.