Clumsy and poorly co-ordinated children could be at higher risk of obesity in later life, a study says.

More than one in three GP surgeries are opening in the evenings and at weekends, a survey has found, amid complaints that ministers are imposing extended hours on doctors.

A cheap drug used to treat brittle bones helps halt breast cancer in its tracks, scientists report today [13 August 2008].

Patients are to be given advice on drugs rejected by the NHS – so they can choose to buy them privately.

Older people with depression are being denied help, according to a report released today. Those seeking help are often fobbed off, misdiagnosed or given inappropriate treatment.