Up to 28 doctors took their own lives between 2005 and 2013 while being investigated by the General Medical Council, an independent review of cases has found.

The precise part of the brain that gives people a sense of direction has been pinpointed by scientists.

Regularly taking painkillers such as aspirin and ibuprofen may help protect against some forms of skin cancer, research suggests.

Pressures in A&E units in England have hit record levels while Wales and Northern Ireland also perform poorly, figures show.

There will be a fresh wave of strikes across the NHS in England in new year, it has been announced.

A Japanese stem cell scientist at the heart of a scandal over false claims and fabricated research has resigned.

A stem cell therapy has been approved for widespread medical use in the EU for the first time.

One of Sierra Leone's top doctors, Victor Willoughby, died from Ebola hours after the arrival of experimental drug ZMab, medical officials say.