The first HIV self-test kit that allows people to get a fast result at home has gone on sale in the UK.

People with lower back problems are more likely to have a spine similar in shape to the chimpanzee, our closest ape ancestor.

Two-thirds of the world's population have no access to safe and affordable surgery, according to a new study in The Lancet.

Northern Ireland health minister Jim Wells, who caused controversy with remarks linking same-sex relationships to child abuse, says he has resigned to help his wife "during her fight for life".

A former midwife at Furness General Hospital in Cumbria admits "making mistakes" which contributed to the deaths of two babies.

A controversial artificial sweetener is being removed from Diet Pepsi in the US following consumer concerns about its safety.

A former nurse is jailed for 18 years for raping and sexually assaulting unconscious women in Oxfordshire.