Older people are being let down by a social care system in which they are "passed like a parcel" between services, a committee of MPs has said.
Scientists in the US have successfully made human brain cells in the lab that are an exact replica of genetically caused Parkinson's disease.
Bill rises for interpreters in Yorkshire's hospitals
Peers are urged to support a move to let hospitals do more private sector work as plans to overhaul the NHS in England return to the Lords.
Older people needing social care are being let down and "passed like parcels" between fragmented services, a group of MPs says.
Katie Price has told Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman she thinks breast implants should have an age limit of 21, following the health scare over implants manufactured by French firm PIP.
No 10 insists Andrew Lansley has David Cameron's "full support" over planned NHS changes, including giving GPs more control over budgets.
The ability of English councils to consider their finances when assessing people for social care is being challenged at the Supreme Court.
Two 102-year-old sisters are recognised as the world's oldest living twins by Guinness World Records.
Andrew Lansley has David Cameron's "full support", despite a Downing Street source reportedly saying the health secretary "should be taken out and shot".
Almost 1,000 private patients with PIP breast implants have contacted the NHS, according to MPs.
Relatives of a woman who blame her death on a 41-minute wait for a paramedic, hand over a petition urging a dedicated ambulance service for their town.
Babies weaned on pureed food tend to end up fatter than infants whose first tastes are finger food, researchers believe.
The General Medical Council launches guidelines on assisted suicide to help it decide if doctors should face a disciplinary panel on the issue.
An 83-year-old woman is fitted with a jaw made by a 3D printer in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind.
The NHS in England spends £59,000 a day on translating documents and providing interpreters, according to a health think tank.
Katie Piper told Radio 5 live about being able to see after she was blinded in one eye after an acid attack.
Why refuse an implant that would improve hearing?
Dr Michael Dixon, chair of the NHS Alliance, who supports the governments proposed reforms of the NHS and Dr John Lister, director of the Health Emergency campaign group, who opposes them, debate the Health Bill.
Justice Secretary Ken Clarke says there are "undoubted dangers" in re-drafting shared parenting law
A campaign to stop people smoking in cars when carrying children - and which could pave the way for a ban - is launched by the Welsh government.
The risk of birth defects increases four-fold if the pregnant mother has diabetes, a study of 400,000 pregnancies in England suggests.
A new television advertising campaign in England is warning against the temptations of "just one more" drink.
How letting children cook helps them eat better
'How cycling helped me fight my brain tumours'
'The young should play a role in designing healthcare'
Alastair Campbell reckons MPs are more likely to suffer from mental health issues than the one-in-four figure for the general population.
How wards could be made safer
Prof Cathy Warwick, chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives, outlines her fears about the "commercialisation of childbirth"
