Sports players and fans are being targeted in a campaign to get more sperm donors to help couples struggling to conceive. The National Gamete Donation Trust wants to increase the number of new donors in the UK to about 500, from its latest figure of 384. Leaflets and posters are being sent...

Emma WilkinsonHealth reporter, BBC News Fluctuations in blood pressure could be more important than consistently high readings as a warning sign for stroke, researchers have said. Current guidelines focus on the need to lower blood pressure levels to reduce the risk of stroke. It means...

By Jane DreaperBBC News health correspondent Pregnant women in developing countries face the same risk of death as women in the UK did 100 years ago, according to a coalition of campaign groups. They are using International Women’s Day to call for more action to reduce deaths among...

A new campaign has been launched to put pressure on the NHS to examine where its medical instruments come from. The British Medical Association (BMA) wants more Fairtrade and ethically-sourced kit to be used. It says at least a fifth of surgical instruments are made in northern Pakistan,...

A "shocking" number of children are being rushed to hospital each year with potentially fatal complications of diabetes, according to a charity. Many of the 3,300 cases in England in 2008/9 could have been prevented by better care, says Diabetes UK. It said that families still...