Weight loss surgery can dramatically reduce the odds of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a major study.

Applications to restrict freedom of people with illnesses like dementia and autism for their own safety rises ten-fold since a landmark court ruling.

Public Health England has confirmed that a woman in London has tested negative for Ebola, meaning she does not have the disease.

Brittany Maynard, the terminally ill cancer patient whose viral YouTube video reignited the US debate on assisted-suicide, ends her life.

A public appeal to help people affected by the Ebola crisis in West Africa has raised more than £10m in its first five days, organisers say.

Tobacco firms win the right to challenge new European Union rules on cigarette packaging, with the Court of Justice asked to review the issue.