People are being urged to look out for the early signs of kidney cancer in a new advertising campaign to raise awareness of the disease.

Some pollutants continue to pose a "significant threat" to European citizens' health and the environment, says a report by the European Environment Agency.

Cash to fund the early entry into hospitals of hundreds of potential new treatments for rare diseases and disorders is withdrawn.

Some operations at the only district general hospital in mid Wales are being postponed for up to a month because of major staff shortages.

Surgeons operate on an engineer with his leg caught in a crane's winding gear 100ft (30m) above the quay at an Essex port.

Hidden cameras and mystery-shopper exercises may form part of a revamped inspection regime for care homes and domiciliary care in England next year.

If you see blood in your urine, even if it is just once, it could be a sign of cancer, a public health campaign warns.

Bone fractures caused by osteoporosis occur once every two minutes in the UK among the over-50s, figures reveal.