Vitality News

Professor John Cleland, cardiologist at Hull University, explains research that suggests calcium supplements may cause an increased risk of heart disease

A combination pill of two drugs used to treat addiction may help people lose weight, say US researchers.

The right of women to choose whether they have home births is being questioned by a leading medical journal.

Calcium supplements taken by many older people could be increasing their risk of a heart attack, research shows.

A father persuades the NHS to give his sick daughter a "miracle" drug he found on the internet.

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have visited Birmingham to take a look around the city's new "super-hospital".

Children's heart surgery should remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where four babies died, a report says.

A partial set of false teeth made for Sir Winston Churchill are sold at auction in Norfolk for £15,200.

Living with the effects of the Oxford heart surgery deaths.

But why do others question the decision?

Doctors need to be more direct when they are dealing with overweight patients, according to the government's health minister.

A special holiday break is helping UK children cope with the loss of loved ones killed in conflict

Referring patients to a specialist private clinic cheaper than NHS

The overhaul of the NHS may harm the public health drive, a health think tank is warning.

Doctors may soon be able to patch up damaged bones and joints anywhere in the body with a simple shot in the arm.

What should you do if you are stung by Britain's most poisonous fish?

GPs and other health professionals should tell people they are fat rather than obese, England's public health minister says.

Organs for the community are in short supply

New mental health manual could mean we'll all end up diagnosed

NICE have issued new guidelines on women's weight during and after pregnancy.