Pro life campaigners are continuing their fight for the publication of details of late medical abortions.

Hundreds of South African doctors march through Pretoria to demand a 50% pay rise and more investment in hospitals.

The way you hold your glass can reveal much more than you might realise, a psychologist has warned.

A significant number of children with autism and related disorders could be undiagnosed, a study has suggested.

Scriptwriters for a BBC soap opera are aided by university researchers in a storyline involving bipolar disorder.

International scientists say research in Cambodia shows the first signs of resistance to the world's best anti-malaria drug.

Cambodia scientists fear a global health disaster

Aspirin should not routinely be used to prevent heart attacks and strokes, contrary to official guidance, say researchers.

Women are more likely than men to suffer feelings of inadequacy at home and at work because they are not meeting their own high standards, say US researchers.

A 32-year-old woman gives birth to the first baby boy to be born on the London Underground.

What is behind the latest jump in UK cases?

We are all capable of "hearing" shapes and sizes and perhaps even "tasting" sounds, according to a study.

Scientists have used specially designed contact lenses to improve the sight of people with cornea damage.

What became of the boy who can't stop swearing?

A disproportionately high number of Asian children are being diagnosed with nut allergy, an expert says.

Eight South African boys die and three are in hospital after botched circumcisions, officials say.

The number of US adults following a healthy lifestyle falls in the last two decades despite health campaigns, a study shows.

Playing music to premature babies may help to reduce their pain and encourage better oral feeding, work suggests.

The number of under-fives in Europe with type 1 diabetes is set to double between 2005 and 2020, say experts.

Genetically modified primates that glow green and pass the trait on to their offspring could aid the fight against human disease.