Most cases of C. difficile are not actually caused by the bug being spread round hospitals, a study suggests.

A campaign aimed at keeping super-strength alcohol off the shelves of shops in Ipswich has helped cut crime in the town one year on, it is claimed.

Asda and Tesco apologise and withdraw Halloween outfits, after criticism of an outfit being sold online as a "mental patient fancy dress costume".

How mobile phones are helping register deaths

A new nose has been grown by surgeons on a patient's forehead, before being transplanted to replace his original one.

A breast cancer test which could spare thousands of women the agony of chemotherapy has been approved for use in the NHS in England and Wales.

Tens of thousands of people with mental health problems are "dying needlessly" in England each year as the government is failing to take the problem seriously, a charity says.

A Chinese man has had a new nose grown on his forehead following a traffic accident last year.