There has been a 40% rise in the proportion of patients given antibiotics for coughs and colds since the turn of the century, a study suggests.

A former 50-stone man who lost more than half his body weight after paying £9,000 for surgery in India says NHS bosses in Wales should rethink how they treat morbidly obese patients.

Experts recommend expectant mothers in England should be offered tests to pick up genetic problems early in pregnancy.

US aid workers who contracted the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia appear to be improving after receiving an experimental drug, officials says.

A team has developed an app and small lens add-on that allows blood-cell analysis via your smartphone, which it says can detect diseases such as malaria in seconds.

A Welsh resident who may have been exposed to the deadly Ebola virus while visiting western Africa is being monitored by health officials.