''Ask about sexual orientation to improve LGBT inequalities''

Hospitals and care homes should be fined if they do not ask about sexual orientation, MPs ...

Viewpoint: Let''s not wait any longer for the male pill

Blurring of traditional gender roles could finally mean that the male pill is on the horiz ...

Prime editing: DNA tool could correct 89% of genetic defects

New technology - called prime editing - is like a "genetic word processor" able to re-writ ...

Cancer research: Scientists seek clues to how disease ''is born''

Cancer researchers from the UK and US are teaming up to search for the very earliest signs ...

Dementia in football: Ex-players three and a half times more likely to die of condition

Former professional footballers are three and a half times more likely to die of dementia ...

Air pollution ''triggers hundreds more heart attacks and strokes''

People also suffer more strokes and asthma attacks on days when air quality is poor, acade ...

Fat found in overweight people''s lungs

The findings could explain why being overweight or obese increases asthma risk, researcher ...

''George Michael'' comment NHS doctor struck off

The NHS bowel surgeon told patients to "assume the George Michael position", a tribunal he ...

Miscarriage: Calls for better care for women in Wales

Women who have experienced multiple losses say there is not enough support in Wales. ...

Essex Strep A: District nurses ''most likely cause'' of outbreak

The bacterium has infected at least 33 people in Essex, claiming 15 lives. ...