A pair of US twin sisters who have a rare condition which meant they shared an amniotic sac have been born holding hands.

Discussing dying and making end of life plans remain taboo for many Britons, a survey finds.

Calls are made for urgent research into inherited heart conditions as an estimated 28,000 people in Wales could be living with faulty genes.

A terminally ill teenager is readmitted to hospital days after raising more than £3.2m for charity.

Jake Wood, a former Lance Sergeant in the Territorial Army who served in Afghanistan and suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, explained the flashbacks that he has experienced apart of his condition.

Labour will try to ensure all NHS patients in England get a GP appointment within 48 hours, party leader Ed Miliband says.

There has been a "significant increase" in the number of Afghanistan veterans seeking mental health treatment, charity Combat Stress says.

The number of people in the UK with coeliac disease has increased fourfold between 1990 and 2011, scientists say.