Action is needed to fight a "quiet epidemic" of oesophageal cancer, which is on the rise in the UK, particularly in men, say cancer experts.

In a world first, a healthy baby has been born using a "safer" new IVF method.

The NHS in England needs to provide a simpler and co-ordinated system of round-the-clock urgent and emergency care, a review of services says.

Patients are being asked to give their views on a radical overhaul of standards for NHS hospitals.

Confusing messages about how much alcohol is safe to drink in pregnancy is making it difficult for the NHS to tackle substance misuse, experts warn.

Death rates in care and nursing homes in England are to be monitored by the Care Quality Commission to try to identify problems earlier.

About 130 women file complaints against a former Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust gynaecologist, a law firm confirms.

Ambulances took more than twice their target time to respond to 11,000 emergency calls in Wales last year, which Plaid Cymru says is "disturbing".

The scientist who identified one of the genes that causes breast cancer has been awarded a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

Surgeons who refuse to publish their performance data should be publicly named, the health secretary says.

Mosaic Community Care, the firm at the centre of a row about the poor care of an older woman in her home, is suspended by the UK trade body.

Hospitals are missing chances to save the lives of patients with alcohol-related liver disease, a watchdog says.

Planned home births are less risky than planned hospital births, particularly for second-time mothers, says research from the Netherlands in the British Medical Journal.

Men choosing young women as partners meant fertility in older women was pointless, leading to the menopause, researchers suggest.

A consultant criticises Scotland's informal dress among doctors and calls for a return to ties and white coats.

People need a choice about where they die, say campaigners

All humans might make use of echolocation

Mandy Mugford explains why she chose to secretly film the care of her mother, Margaret.

The family of a severely ill 10-year-old girl, who was given a prime spot on the adult transplant list by a US judge, says that she's doing well.

Electronic cigarettes are to be classed as ''medicines'' under new proposals to tighten up the regulation of products containing nicotine.

Surgeons who refuse to publish their performance data should be publicly named, the health secretary says.

Questions have been asked about the actions of the NHS chief executive over a total of £2 million paid to 52 whistle blowers in previously-secret severance payments.

The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has told MPs that controversial plans to reform children's heart surgery in England have been suspended.

Pictures of babies on follow-on baby milk formula packs are expected to be banned later by the European Parliament.

A mother who has trialled a "booze bracelet" to help her alcohol addiction said it was a "good deterrent".

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Life at Ashworth hospital, home to Moors Murderer Ian Brady

Documenting Neil Platt's struggle with Motor Neurone Disease

Paracyclist finally puts name to his rare genetic condition

How new embalming method will aid surgeons

Life at Stafford Hospital at height of the scandal

How amputees manage the ups and downs of everyday life

Can anyone stay sane after years in solitary confinement?

Non-convulsive seizures can strike Helen Purves at any moment