The amount of time asthma patients spend soaking up the sun may have an impact on their health, researchers have suggested.

A third of calls to a confidential phone line which allows health workers in Scotland to raise concerns about the NHS came from other parts of the UK.

Fewer children are walking to school in the UK, campaigners say.

The risk of developing bunions - bony growths on the big toe - is linked to your family, not your shoes, a US study has shown.

The health secretary has said that GPs should be responsible for ensuring that there is a good out of hours service for people on their lists.

Inspectors express concern at the standard of cleaning at Scotland's largest cancer centre in Glasgow.

A pioneering programme to test cancer patients for nearly 100 risk genes is to start in London and could represent the future of treatment in the NHS.

More women in Scotland will be offered a breast cancer genetic test in line with a decision south of the border, the Scottish government confirms.