Health Care

The makers of the anti-impotence drug Viagra have withdrawn an application for the medicine to be available without a prescription.

A ruling is expected that could have profound implications for UK asbestos-related cancer victims and their families.

The UK government's plan to fine hospitals for not hitting Clostridium difficile targets is unfair, experts say.

A man from north Oxfordshire credits his pet Rottweiler with sniffing out his skin cancer.

Police are tackling the growing problem of drink-related crime by offering youngsters a re-education programme.

Almost two in five people who drink to excess lie to their doctor about how much alcohol they really consume, says a survey.

Parents of children whose organs were removed at Liverpool's Alder Hey hospital have until May to reclaim their body parts.

Surgeons in Spain claim a major breakthrough by giving a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells.

Rapid drug treatment of babies with HIV dramatically cuts their risk of death and debilitating disease, research shows.

The direction a child is facing in their pram could affect their development and stress levels, a study suggests.