Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson has made a dramatic move into the UK general practice sector....

Practising Zen meditation may help people reduce pain sensitivity, according to a recent Canadian study....

Paediatric heart surgery has been suspended at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford after four recent deaths....

Waste tea leaves would make a good biofuel, according to a recent Pakistani study....

A single dose of a drug made by Gilead Sciences was very effective against visceral leishmaniasis, a disease caused by a deadly parasite also known as kala-azar, in a recent Indian study....

In the Iraqi city of Fallujah, the rate of birth defects is now 13 times higher than in Europe....

A British cancer charity has warned that research showing that green tea may offer some protection against lung cancer should not be used by smokers as an excuse to continue the habit....

Although both sides remain strongly polarised, US President Barack Obama is still striving to inject new life into the US healthcare debate....

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced proposals to “strike off” underperforming health service managers....

Drinking coffee at lunchtime cuts people's risk of diabetes, according to a recent Brazilian study....