How the size of a baby's footprint can be used to spot premature babies in low-income countries

The doctor-patient relationship can be a close - but can it extend to social media?

Scientists have practically obliterated the ultimate symbol of maleness in DNA, the Y chromosome, and believe they may be able to do away with it completely.

The government should reverse its decision to ban the herb khat because it "has not been taken on the basis of evidence or consultation", a committee of MPs says.

A by-product of cholesterol can fuel the deadly growth and spread of breast cancer, according to a group of scientists.

Scientists devise a new "love test" that they believe is a better guide to the success of a relationship than the good intentions of newly-weds.

A Lancashire woman dies of malaria after she and her husband contracted the disease on holiday in The Gambia, west Africa.

A Devon hospital is investigating how a surgical needle came to be left inside a patient.