The UK’s highest-decorated serving soldier accuses ministers of failing to help veterans with mental health problems.

A gene linked to a type of motor neurone disease that runs in families has been pinned down after a 10-year search.

A Conservative MP’s bid to improve support for people with autism clears its first Commons hurdle.

A coroner calls for prescription drugs to be issued with correct information after the death of a boy who took an acne pill.

British doctors are debating whether it is ethical to start clinical trials to allow voice box transplantation.

The mother of a baby who died after contracting a strain of herpes is campaigning for more awareness of its dangers.

The sticky plaques linked to Alzheimer’s disease may have a bigger impact on the brain than it was thought, research suggests.

Two drugs already used for fighting other infections may help in the battle against drug-resistant TB, researchers say.

India launches a hi-tech project it says will provide medical education and improve health care in Africa.

Doodling may look messy, but it could in fact be a sign of an alert mind, a study carried out by Plymouth University suggests.