Schools 'need to be more proactive at helping children with mental health issues'

Climbing inside a whale was once thought to bring relief to rheumatism sufferers, an exhibit at the Australian National Maritime Museum reveals.

Four paralysed men have been able to move their legs for the first time in years after electrical stimulation of their spinal cords, US doctors report.

Our pets could provide new insights into disease

More cases of scarlet fever are reported in Wales since the start of the year than occurred during the whole of 2013.

A memo is sent out to staff in the Northern Health Trust after a plastic tube is accidentally inserted into the wrong patient at Antrim Area Hospital.

A village is hoping to become smoke-free by asking people not to smoke in public places.

A baby has become the youngest in the UK to have cochlear implants - at the age of three months and three days.