Andrew Gregory

A ransomware gang claims to have stolen data from the Alder Hey children's hospital in Liverpool, allegedly including patient records.

Hundreds of patients in England with a rare form of eye cancer are to be offered on the NHS a pioneering drug that kills cancer cells and boosts the chances of survival.

Women who add four minutes a day of high-intensity routine activities such as climbing the stairs instead of taking a lift could halve their risk of heart attacks, a study suggests.

The number of under-50s being diagnosed with bowel cancer is increasing worldwide, according to research that also reveals rates are rising faster in England than almost any other country.

Researchers from St Andrews found rise in nitrogen dioxide exposure associated with higher admissions

Exposure to is linked to an increased risk of hospital admission for mental illness, according to the most comprehensive study of its kind.

Exposure to nitrogen dioxide significantly increases the likelihood of being hospitalized for mental health conditions, a Scottish study finds.

Doctors have issued a warning over tiny beads that can expand up to 400 times their original size when exposed to liquid, amid reports linking them to serious harm and deaths among children.

Surgeons have performed a double-lung transplant using a novel machine which revives donor organs and keeps them alive and breathing outside the human body.

The NHS in England is launching a world-first trial of a “gamechanging” artificial intelligence tool that can identify patients at risk of type 2 diabetes more than a decade before they develop the condition.