Family members should be screened for hidden heart problems if they lose a loved one to sudden death syndrome, say experts.

Football participation is a good way to get men to slim down, public health researchers discover.

Doing the night shift throws the body into chaos and could be causing long-term damage, warn researchers.

Elderly residents in care with too little to do could find that boredom and lack of activity have a profound effect on their mental wellbeing.

England's largest prison - the much-criticised Oakwood - called an ambulance out more than twice as many times as any other category C prison last year, a BBC investigation shows.

A woman who lost her baby and almost died herself is pleading for specialist maternity services at a hospital not to be cut.

A mother who was taking her sick baby son by air ambulance to England describes the terrifying moments when the plane got into difficulties.

A charity appeal in the name of an "inspirational" cancer patient who died last week raises £5,000 in just two days.