Fergus WalshMedical editorCamilla HorroxGlobal health producerBBCApril Hubbard sits on the theatre stage where she plans to die later this year.She is not terminally ill, but the 39-year-old performance and...

Michelle RobertsDigital health editor, BBC NewsGetty ImagesYounger children should not be given any drinks containing artificial sweeteners, UK experts are now advising.The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) recommendations...

Women in England and Wales are likely to continue having babies later in life, and having smaller families, than previous generations, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) projections.The...

BBC handoutWhen her baby was three weeks old, Emma took an overdoseFailing to properly diagnose and treat people with bipolar disorder is wasting billions of pounds a year in...

The government has agreed a new funding package with pharmacy negotiators in England, leading some pharmacies to call off protests that were planned for later this week.One group representing...

Ben GodfreyBBC Midlands TodayWest Midlands PoliceBrian Pitts ran the operation with the help of his former partner, Katie Harlow, from a villa in ThailandA gang leader who co-ordinated a...

Munaza RafiqDisability producerBBC / Emma Lynch"I was sobbing as I was put to sleep, and I was sobbing when I woke up."This is the painful memory Dani Czernuszka-Watt replays...

Society's move to cashless payments may have had an unintended positive side effect, surgeons say - fewer children needing operations or procedures to remove swallowed coins.The Ear, Nose and...

Michael BuchananSenior Social Affairs Correspondent, BBC NewsFamily handoutWilliam Hewes died of sepsis less than 24 hours after he arrived at hospitalA doctor who rushed her seriously ill son to...

Supermarkets will be banned from displaying unhealthy snacks near tills or on their website homepages from next year after the Senedd narrowly approved obesity-tackling plans.The new rules mean junk...

Katy PrickettBBC News, CambridgeshireJozef Hall/BBCStaff at Addenbrooke's Hospital raised concerns about care provided by their colleagueThe care received by 800 patients at a world-renowned NHS hospital is to be...

Alison HoltSocial affairs editorBBCPhil Brown was able to get an ultrasound scan quickly and easily in a Barnsley shopping centre"That was really quick - straight in, straight out," says...