No pain, no gain

Study finds losing weight benefits mother and child, overturning decades of advice

In the 2004 film Night at the Museum, Ben Stiller’s security guard was in for quite a shock when the exhibited T-Rex skeleton sprang to life and began to chase him around the building.

Patients are suffering because of a shortage of some NHS prescription medicines, a Parliamentary group has warned.

The Government and health regulators have "serious lessons" to learn over the way they inform the public about concerns with medical devices, a review of the handling of the PIP breast implants scandal has found.

As society in Britain gets older, the age at which people marry and start families, or have children without partners, is also rising.

A life-extending drug hailed as a breakthrough for prostate cancer sufferers is too expensive to be used on the NHS, watchdogs ruled today.

A sharp rise in the use of sleeping pills saw NHS spending on the drugs reach nearly £50 million last year, new figures reveal.

Shaun Ryder’s voice cuts sharply through the mix, every syllable landing cleanly. It’s as unexpected as the sight of a man who has spent most of his 49 years caning it, with a consistency which would put William Burroughs to shame.

Britain's biggest drugs firm, GlaxoSmithKline, yesterday stormed ahead with its $2.6bn (£1.6bn) hostile takeover of United States biotech Human Genome Sciences, waving aside the board to take its bid direct to shareholders.

GW Pharmaceuticals yesterday saw its cannabis-based pain-relief medicine approved in another 10 European countries, sending its shares up nearly 2 per cent.

Nine men were found guilty today of being part of a child sexual exploitation ring involving vulnerable girls.

Jazz has a lot of people in her life who seem eager to big her up, which is handy because there are several reasons why she might need a boost. The very least of them curiously is Jazz's size, the result of an unspecified form of dwarfism.

A leading child health expert has warned that an outbreak of measles on Merseyside is a "timely reminder" that Britain remains susceptible to the disease.