Acupuncture - permanent cure for health problems

Swiss voters overwhelmingly back a radical health policy that offers prescription heroin to addicts on a permanent basis.

Scientists have halted the advance of heart disease in mice - and even reversed some of its effects.

Doctors will decide next Tuesday whether to operate on two conjoined twins born in a London hospital last week.

The UK is to give South Africa's new Health Minister Barbara Hogan £15m to help combat Aids in the country.

Drug companies are blocking or delaying the entry of cheaper generic medicines into the EU, the European Commission says.