A study of former intensive care patients suggests many still suffer pain up to a year after leaving hospital.

Brain cells grown from the stem cells of adults with Down's syndrome give clues to brain development in the condition.

An MSP opens a consultation on his proposals for ban on smoking in vehicles in Scotland when children are present.

Drug resistance has been detected in patients infected with the new bird flu that has emerged in China, say doctors.

A new NHS non-emergency helpline in Wales - to replace NHS Direct - is set to go ahead despite problems in England.

One in ten patients wait longer than four hours to be treated in Scottish A&E - the worst performance since monitoring began.

Doctors are getting much better at knowing the types of health problems we may encounter in later life thanks to improved genetic testing.

The government will announce today that the NHS in England will need more nurses and doctors so it can cope with a growing elderly population.