Scientists believe they have discovered a new reason why we need to sleep - it replenishes a type of brain cell.

A boy with a rare form of childhood cancer who was not expected to live past the age of five is starting secondary school.

Richard III suffered from a roundworm infection, a team studying the remains of the king says.

Sumi Das meets the young people who are enlisting computer games in their battle against cancer.

Hundreds of women may be dying from breast cancer in the UK each year as they have stopped taking their medication, a charity warns.

A hospital where two patients died from Legionnaires' disease is ordered to pay £350,000 in fines and costs after admitting various health and safety failings.

A secret benefactor steps in to fund life-changing surgery for a Belfast man who suffered serious burns when he was a child, after his case was highlighted by the BBC.

UK scientists have found a gene in mice that, if faulty, may increase the risk of ovarian cancer.