TENS of thousands of servicemen perished in the construction of the Burma Railway during the Second World War, enduring unimaginable [...]

England’s NHS regulator is to review a decision not to name those behind a possible “cover-up” after a series of [...]

A new consistent system of front-of-pack food labelling is to be introduced in the UK, the government says. Powered by [...]

A rodent that never gets cancer could hold the key to preventing or treating malignant tumours, say scientists. Powered by [...]

Too many mentally ill people are being held in police cells, say four watchdog bodies. Powered by WPeMatico

Five organisations receive coroner’s letters highlighting the “disturbing” death of a woman after paramedics were called to a care home. [...]

Ministers are considering a ban on face-down restraint in English mental hospitals as figures show the technique is being widely [...]

Some breast cancer sufferers could be treated with radiotherapy instead of more invasive surgery after a Europe-wide study involving Cardiff [...]

An open letter published in the Lancet medical journal calls for hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay detainees to receive independent medical care. [...]

Action is needed to fight a “quiet epidemic” of oesophageal cancer, which is on the rise in the UK, particularly [...]

In a world first, a healthy baby has been born using a “safer” new IVF method. Powered by WPeMatico

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