Picture the scenario: you have endured weeks, months or even years of anxiety, embarrassment and crippling stomach symptoms. Every meal time sparks fear of relentless pain, sometimes extreme bloating and maybe a mad dash to the loo. At other...

­­A new way of identifying a common condition that causes the heart to beat irregularly may have been discovered by artificial intelligence. Atrial fibrillation affects one million people in the UK and increases the risk of stroke and long-term...

Superbugs resistant to emergency antibiotics are spreading in hospitals, a Europe-wide study shows. Drugs called carbapenems are used when an infection cannot be treated with anything else.

Supermarkets should be redesigned to have fruit and vegetables by the door and live cooking demonstrations for healthy meals, experts say.

About one in four new parents in England is not seeing a health visitor when their baby turns one, increasing the risk of mental health problems going unnoticed, the NSPCC says.

Scans carried out when someone is first diagnosed with multiple sclerosis can predict their long-term prognosis, research has shown.mMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are already a key part of the diagnosis and management of MS. But a 15-year...

Medications for children should be placed in hand luggage on a flight in case they become ill during the journey, a new study suggests.

Listening to the "world's most relaxing song" before an operation could be just as good at calming patients' nerves as medication, US researchers say. The song, written to reduce anxiety, blood pressure and heart rate, performed as well as a...

Hearing impairment is very common for all who survive into old age and a gradual deterioration in hearing with advancing age seems inevitable. With slow progress of hearing loss many never complain and manage remarkably well in conversation...

Cancer patients are being forced to wait weeks for scan results as thousands of doctors cut their hours over the NHS pensions crisis. Waiting times have increased from one to six weeks at many hospitals – with some cases of cancer being missed...