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.

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

Pensioners expecting a government cap on the cost of elderly social care in England to help cover their bill are "in for a shock", a report warns.

The authorities in Saudi Arabia advise wearing masks and gloves when handling camels to avoid spreading the Mers virus, which has killed at least 133 in the kingdom.

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.

Researchers in Aberdeen and Edinburgh are awarded £4.7m by the Wellcome Trust to study clinical depression.