Health News Online

Senior trauma surgeons have raised concerns over a deal to give Olympic VIPs fast-track emergency care during the 2012 games.

At least 150 lives will be saved and thousands of wasted ambulance journeys avoided by a change in 999 response practices, NHS chiefs believe.

The maker's of a drug that treats age-related macular degeneration, a disease that can cause loss of sight, are taking the NHS to court to block them from using a drug that costs ten times less and is just as effective, according to tests.

BBC Radio 5 live's Tony Livesey discussed whether junk food should be taxed to help tackle obesity

The government has again defied an order to make public its own assessment of the risks from its massive changes to the NHS. The Labour MP John Healey and Health minister Lord Howe, discuss the issue.

A young couple deliver their baby at home in Wakefield after a labour lasting just eight minutes.

The genetic disorder that caused cancer twice

We need to find ways of not just meeting the basic needs of the elderly, but also improving wellbeing, reducing loneliness, and restoring some pleasure to their life

Cutting air pollution has an instant impact on heart health, experts believe, after reviewing studies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

How health services are preparing for London 2012

Helping children who do not respond to drugs

Does magazine cover exploit or promote debate on nursing?

Over-the-counter HIV tests, which would allow people in the US to check in the privacy of their homes if they have the virus, move a step closer.

Lost safety warnings dusted down and shown off

Warning about how drugs and tested and sold in India

A retinal implant - or bionic eye - which is powered by light has been invented by scientists at Stanford University in California.

The government's refusal to publish the full risk assessment of the planned changes to the NHS is unjustified and departs from policy, says the Information Commissioner

Parents need to be more vigilant over the computer games they allow their children to play, nurses say.

New nurses should be judged on their compassion not just their skills, the NHS Confederation chairman is to say.

A paralysed man has regained limited use of his hand after pioneering surgery to bypass damage to his spinal cord.

Patients and NHS staff are being urged to help Labour gather information on how front-line care is being affected.

Two patients who are paralysed from the neck down are able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts.

Should more be done to screen for heart problems?

The number of elderly people in England getting council-funded care has fallen by 11% in the last two years and looks like it will fall further, figures obtained by Labour suggest.

The US launches a national plan to tackle Alzheimer's, as estimates show 16 million people will be affected by dementia by 2050.

A drug for advanced prostate cancer, which can extend life by more than three months, is likely to be approved for NHS use in England and Wales after the medical watchdog reverses an earlier decision.

Big businesses should sponsor compulsory school meals, and packed lunches should be banned, says the former cage fighter and Celebrity Big Brother winner Alex Reid.

A ventilation tube invented by a doctor to prevent the spread of pneumonia in intensive care patients is saving money as well as lives.

A new centre to help wounded servicemen and women recover from the trauma of war has opened in Colchester.

The number of under-18s receiving alcohol treatment in the north east of England is almost twice the national average, according to new figures.

South Korea has stepped up customs inspections to stop capsules filled with powdered human flesh being smuggled into the country from China.