A gene mutation that almost guarantees the development of heart disease is carried by one in 25 South Asian people.

A Glasgow team is to launch a major trial to assess whether stem cells can be used to treat stroke patients, the BBC learns.

A Chinese girl aged two is critically ill with bird flu, in the second case reported by China in as many weeks.

Ski slopes can be as bad a cancer hazard as beaches

Concerns have been raised about pregnant women being induced "unnecessarily", after a Scottish audit of 17,000 births.