medical


Scotland's top doctor urges people to adopt healthier lifestyle as deaths from alcohol-related liver disease increase.

An ex-hospital worker pleads guilty to selling medical files of stars including Britney Spears and Farrah Fawcett to a newspaper.

Hearts' injury-hit striker Mike Tullberg has returned home to Denmark for medical treatment on a recurring injury.

Veteran central defender Gary Breen is set to join Barnet as a player-coach, subject to a medical.

The BBC's Jonah Fisher joins a Malawian couple with HIV as they find out if medication has managed to stop their baby catching the virus.

A record number of intensive care beds will be made available to help the NHS cope with a rise in festive period admissions.

Hospitals in a Nigerian town hit by sectarian violence at the weekend are struggling to cope, say aid officials.

More than 500,000 people have died from Aids-related illnesses in the US in the last 27 years - but has Aids really changed the country?

Group-taught meditation is as effective as staying on drug treatments for stopping people slipping back into depression, say scientists.

How a new design for the 'crash' trolley after 60 years is aiming to save lives.

A former Devon GP charged with killing an elderly patient by prescribing the wrong medication is acquitted.

A Zimbabwean medical student tells the BBC doctors in the capital are struggling to cope with the cholera epidemic.

The brother of the Shadow Chancellor George Osborne is suspended from practice by the General Medical Council.

The doctor who failed to spot Baby P's injuries is suspended from practising, the General Medical Council says.

There is a growing gap in cancer death rates between rich and poor areas, Wales' chief medical officer warns.

A Teesside hospital writes to 230 patients after five computer discs with medical information go missing.

Amy Winehouse’s boss says he is sure of her comeback after hearing new songs from the Back To Black star

Top security Whitemoor Prison in Cambridgeshire saw the sacking of 20 prison officers last year.

An NHS doctor accused of masterminding car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow is a peaceful man, his barrister tells a court.

A special bus laid on to help nightlife revellers in need is to be equipped with an onboard medical unit.

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