Hospitals are missing chances to save the lives of patients with alcohol-related liver disease, a watchdog says.

Surgeons who refuse to publish their performance data should be publicly named, the health secretary says.

Men choosing young women as partners meant fertility in older women was pointless, leading to the menopause, researchers suggest.

Planned home births are less risky than planned hospital births, particularly for second-time mothers, says research from the Netherlands in the British Medical Journal.

The breast cancer risk for British Asian women has increased, a study carried out in Leicester has suggested.

The genetic code of leprosy-causing bacteria from 1,000-year-old skeletons has been laid bare, showing the bug has hardly changed over the past millennium.

A consultant criticises Scotland's informal dress among doctors and calls for a return to ties and white coats.

The BBC understands that staff numbers at Enniskillen's main hospital are set to double if there is trouble at the G8 summit.