UK researchers are developing ways to spot the early signs of oesophageal cancer, which is often not detected until its advanced stages.

Patients in England will soon be able to enter symptoms online and get tailored advice or a call back from a health professional, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt will say.

The chief executive who resigned as the head of a troubled mental health trust had a new job created for her worth £240,000 a year, the BBC learns.

Babies born by Caesarean section are more likely to become obese in later years, a large study suggests.

Scientists say they have found a new compound that stops malaria in animal studies in a single, low dose.