A "huge social gulf" has opened up between the rich and poor in Britain's cities, a Conservative shadow cabinet member warned.Shadow work and pensions secretary Chris Grayling was speaking ahead of today's launch of a strategy paper setting out Tory plans to tackle inequality in what they term "Britain's divided cities".Under the plans, specialist help would be offered to get ...

Scientists have used human cells to grow new blood vessels in a mouse for the first time, a US journal reports. ...

The tobacco plant - a cause of cancer - may offer the means to treat one form of the disease, a study suggests. ...

Scientists say a drug to treat aggressive prostate cancer may be the most significant advance in the field for 70 years. ...

Are you a teenager and worried about your health? Are you anxious that your body is not developing like your friends? Do you suffer from skin conditions like acne/eczema? Have you been experimenting sexually for the first time and are worried about catching an STI? ...

Mothers-to-be who eat nuts every day may increase their child's risk of developing asthma by 50%, claim researchers. ...

Families who have their home repossessed face a six-year wait for social housing, council leaders were warned today.People who lose their home because they can no longer afford mortgage repayments or who found themselves homeless for other reasons will have to wait for more than six years before they are permanently rehoused in a two-bedroom property, according to the chairman of the Local Government Associ ...

A doctor who left a baby boy with a 'very abnormal' penis after botching a circumcision was suspended for six months.  Anthonipillai Nicholas-Pillai was 'shivering and sweating' as he performed the operation on the four month old baby at his north London surgery.The doctor then lied to cover up his blunder, the General Medical Council found.A Fitness to Practise Panel heard a 22-week ol ...

Fibroids are the primary reason for surgical removal of the uterus, accounting for most of the hysterectomies performed. At present, two surgical procedures available to remove uterine fibroids are myomectomy (fibroid removal from the uterus) and hysterectomy (uterus removal). Uterine fibroids can become such a major health problem for women suffering from it that performing their routine task at workplace ...

 A report entitled “A Sickle Crisis” warns that treatment of sickle cell anaemia is compromised by health workers' lack of knowledge.The first national survey of the disease found seriously ill patients were not offered support from sufficiently experienced staff. ...