Medical news

Author JK Rowling is donating £10m to set up a multiple sclerosis research centre at Edinburgh

The severity of multiple sclerosis seems to change with the seasons, research suggests.

A baby died and three others became ill after a superbug resistant to common antibiotics hit a

Professor Martin Cowie explains how a new drug "slows the pulse down and so helps to take the

A pill costing less than £1.50 a day has the potential to save the lives of thousands of heart

Smoking cannabis from a pipe can provide pain relief for patients with damaged nerves, a small

The system of digitising actors to create characters in films like Avatar is being used to measure

Many hospitals across the UK are not doing enough to spot elderly people at risk from malnutrition,

The coalition government confirms plans to scrap the NHS Direct helpline in England and replace it

A test which could stop women labouring for hours in the hope of a "normal" birth only to end up

The government has confirmed it is planning to scrap the NHS Direct telephone service in England

Oesophageal cancer survivor Larry Rees has described how the radical surgery he undertook has

Cancers of the food pipe in Britain have doubled in men over 25 years, figures from Cancer Research

A third of Scots three-year-olds living in deprived areas suffer from poor dental health, a new

Singers in Norfolk are feeling the benefits of a choir with a difference, one that is brought to

The number of NHS patients having surgery in order to lose weight has increased by nearly 800 per

Could allowing the sale of body parts be the way to encourage donors?

Frog skin may be an important source of new antibiotics to treat superbugs say researchers.

How will the Chilean miners deal with being trapped underground?

The challenge one man with motor neurone disease has set himself

Do paternity laws undermine new dads?

Professor Clive Seale and Baroness Finlay discuss a study which has found that doctors' religious

Can therapy help teenagers avoid alcohol and drugs?

'The day I ate as many additives as possible'

Manish Patel has just become a new dad. He is learning to juggle the responsibility of being a

The PM's newest challenge - sleepless nights and nappy changes. How will he fare?

How to cope with being a new father

Drinking two cups of water before meals can help dieters lose more weight, say US researchers

From sex manuals to hunting for fossils

Did the CIA put LSD in the bread sold in French town?

How some Muslims neglect their health during Ramadan

Too fat for health - too thin for surgery