The Patients Association says hospital regulation should be reformed after a series of failings at two Essex hospitals. - 3 hours ago

US scientists are testing a radical new theory that MS is caused by blockages in the veins that drain the brain. - 4 hours ago

Increasing use of antibiotic eye drops over-the-counter prompts fears about drug resistance, says a study. - 4 hours ago

Women with ectopic pregnancies have a lower level of a particular protein, raising the possibility of simpler tests, a study finds. - 4 hours ago

An expert taskforce is being sent into a hospital in Essex amid concerns about standards of care. - 6 hours ago

GPs need to go "full throttle" to get as many vulnerable patients as possible vaccinated against swine flu, health chiefs say. - 11 hours ago

Exercising may cure a hangover, but cannot undo the damage heavy drinking may cause, the government says. - 29 hours ago

A patient with rectal cancer has become the first to have part of their tumour destroyed by ultrasound, say UK doctors. - 16 hours ago

Thousands of drivers on the nation's roads don't carry auto insurance, despite laws in all but two states requiring it. Critics of President Barack Obama's health overhaul plan ask: What are the chances scofflaws will treat a requirement to carry health insurance any differently? - 7 hours ago

Thailand has issued rules making sex change surgery more difficult — including a requirement that potential candidates cross-dress for a year — over fears that some patients are rushing into the operation, a medical association said Thursday. - 14 hours ago

The World Health Organization says isolated cases of drug-resistant swine flu in Britain and the United States have not changed the agency's assessment of the disease. - 15 hours ago

Some scientists are raising doubts about the case of a Belgian man who reportedly started communicating again after spending 23 years locked in a paralyzed body. - 7 hours ago

Originally launched in America in 2006, Burger King's Quad Stacker burger has this week come under fire from health campaigners in New Zealand where it has just been introduced. - 2 hours ago

MONDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy or who were exposed to lead have more than double the risk of having attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as other children, new research shows. - 4 hours ago

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A woman's risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) during her lifetime is doubled if she was obese at age 18, new research shows. - 4 hours ago

A Chinese woman has died from bird flu in a Beijing hospital, the government reported , but the World Health Organization said the case did not signal a new public health threat. - 4 hours ago