Having more than 11 moles on one arm could be an indication of a higher risk of skin cancer or melanoma, research suggests.

Neonatal services, which provide care to sick or premature babies, are overstretched and understaffed, according to a report by the charity Bliss.

The first trial of a drug correcting the underlying defect that leads to Huntington's disease has started at University College London.

A Scottish nurse who contracted Ebola while working in West Africa is now in a "serious but stable" condition, according to the hospital where she is being treated.

A UN document aimed at getting member states to decriminalise drugs has been withdrawn.

The number of bullying claims by staff at Scotland's highest security psychiatric hospital is twice as high as previously reported, it emerges.

TV chef Jamie Oliver urges ministers to be "big and bold" by introducing a sugar tax on fizzy drinks.