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The number of living people giving one of their organs to a stranger almost tripled last year in the UK, according to new figures. ...read more

Human cloning is used to produce early embryos, marking a "significant step" for medicine, say US scientists. ...read more

Urgent changes must be made to the way A&E units are run - or the system could collapse, doctors and managers say. ...read more

The NHS in England has been told to push for a rapid rise in dementia diagnosis rates. ...read more

Measles cases in the Swansea epidemic rise by 20 over the last five days to 1,094 as health chiefs warn the uptake of vaccine is still too low. ...read more

Scientists in India unveil a new low-cost vaccine against a diarrhoea virus that kills about half a million children around the world each year. ...read more

Women live longer than men partly because their immune systems age more slowly, a study suggests. ...read more

A doctor who worked for the private company which assesses people for disability benefits says its methods are "unfair". ...read more

Retirement could be bad for health and increase the risks of depression according to a new study ...read more

The strange beauty of infections under the microscope ...read more