A woman who wants to swap her withered hand with a bionic prosthetic has travelled to Vienna for key tests.
Newborn babies with "startle disease" are often misdiagnosed, but new research could help those babies with the disorder triggered by loud noises and unexpected movements.
Relatives of terminally-ill patients would have to be consulted before a decision to withdraw food or water is taken, under new government proposals.
A two-week cruise left Michele-Marie Roberts with permanent seasickness and a fondness for vigorous exercise - her only way of alleviating the symptoms.
Budding Paralympic cyclist Tom Staniford has no fat on his face or his limbs as a result of a rare genetic mutation that has finally been diagnosed by sequencing his genome.
New nickel-plated coins in the UK may pose a risk for those with nickel allergy
A checklist for safe surgery compiled by the World Health Organization could save nearly half a million lives around the world each year.
The Liverpool Care Pathway, developed to support patients as they near death, should be phased out in England, an independent review is set to say.
Seeing but not seeing: What is it like to live with face blindness?
Tal Golesworthy used ideas borrowed from the garden and aeroplane industry to mend his heart.
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