A newborn baby has become the first in the world to receive xenon gas treatment, pioneered in Bristol in a bid to prevent brain injury. Riley Joyce had no pulse and was not breathing when he was first delivered by emergency Caesarean section at the Royal United Hospital, Bath. He had a 50:50...

US First Lady Michelle Obama has launched a nationwide campaign to tackle child obesity. One in three children in the US is overweight or obese and Mrs Obama says the issue threatens America’s future. She is setting out an ambitious plan to try to solve the childhood obesity problem...

A pioneering procedure has allowed a British woman to get a new kidney from her sister – even though the organ would normally be rejected. Maxine Bath had been kept alive by dialysis, and had no matching donors in her family. However, doctors in Coventry used a technique called...

Jane DreaperHealth Correspondent, BBC News A pilot project giving special help to doctors and dentists with health problems has treated 184 people in its first year. 62% of them had mental health problems, while 36% were battling drink or drug addiction. Of the 78 who weren’t working...