Amy Brown, who fractured her hip four months ago, speaks to the BBC about her experience.

A man who lost 12 stone after a gastric bypass has to be fed by tube because his body cannot cope with solid food.

Figures reveal stark geographical divisions in the toll alcohol takes on health in England.

More than three million doctors have downloaded a phone application to monitor heartbeats through a phone.

The system of digitising actors to create characters in films like Avatar is being used to measure human behaviour in real life.

An ambulance driver delivering an organ for transplant could lose his licence and his job after being booked for speeding.

Clive Boase: "Education and awareness is key" in combating bed bug infestation.

A toddler who was just a month old when he had a heart transplant has been reunited with hospital staff who helped to save his life.

Professor Martin Cowie explains how a new drug "slows the pulse down and so helps to take the strain off the heart".

Oesophageal cancer survivor Larry Rees has described how the radical surgery he undertook has impacted on his life.

The government has confirmed it is planning to scrap the NHS Direct telephone service in England and replace it with a cheaper option.

Singers in Norfolk are feeling the benefits of a choir with a difference, one that is brought to life by members of the public affected by dementia.

The number of NHS patients having surgery in order to lose weight has increased by nearly 800 per cent in just five years.

Professor Clive Seale and Baroness Finlay discuss a study which has found that doctors' religious beliefs affect their decision making

Manish Patel has just become a new dad. He is learning to juggle the responsibility of being a parent, with his high powered career.

Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Stirlingshire, Scotland, reveals the latest technology to keep it clean and free from infection.

Doctors are trying a new procedure to treat Keratoconus, a degenerative condition of the eyes.

For the first time in Britain, a satellite tracking system is being used to monitor the movements of violent offenders with mental health problems.

India is fighting to stop female foeticide.

Handing GPs control of the health budget and commissioning of hospital services would be "disastrous", a medical charity has warned. Sophie Hutchinson meets a family opposed to the move.

There were almost 500,000 new sex infections in UK last year and experts fear the safer sex message is not getting through to young people.

Lazytown's creator and star Magnus Scheving told BBC Breakfast about the show's new single and impressed Bill and Sian with his skills.

Its been the home to the 'Men in Scarlet' for more than 300 years, but the Grade One listed Royal Hospital Chelsea is beginning to show its age.

Campaigners have condemned a decision to turn down a bowel cancer drug for use on the NHS in England and Wales.

Heather Othick chose not to tell her eleven-year-old daughter Ellie Othick-Bowmaker that she was dying of brain cancer.

People with schizophrenia apparently can't see optical illusions - so could this be a way to test people for the condition?

A couple who have lost a total of 25 stone have been defending their right to surgery by the NHS.

Figures reveal stark geographical divisions in the toll alcohol takes on health in England.