Doctors' leaders are calling for an emergency taskforce to be set up to tackle childhood obesity in England.

Sunbed users are still at risk of skin cancer even if they do not burn their skin, according to a new study by Dundee University.

Health professionals say they are stepping up efforts to see alcohol minimum pricing in place in Scotland, with a seminar being held in Brussels.

Police reject criticism of their search for a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour who was removed from a UK hospital by his parents against medical advice.