Too many teenagers and young adults are dying of some types of cancer, a Europe-wide report warns.

Almost 12,000 people in England are still waiting to hear if they are due millions of pounds in backdated care fees.

The first case of an infection that can resist the antibiotic of last resort - colistin - has been detected in the US.

Scotland's urban areas, particularly around Glasgow, have the highest lung disease mortality rates in Britain, according to a new report.

The Scottish nurse who survived Ebola says she has been left with permanent weakness in her leg and will probably never run again.

The inventor of the Heimlich manoeuvre has used the emergency technique for the first time on a woman choking on food at his retirement home.

The 96-year-old man behind the Heimlich manoeuvre has used the technique to save a woman choking at his retirement home.

Regulators have given one of the world's largest drug companies approval to sell a new gene therapy.