Almost half of all teenagers cannot name a single mental health condition, according to a poll of schoolchildren.

'I can dance better than I can walk now'

A universal flu vaccine which could mean an end to the annual flu jab is being trialled on UK volunteers.

Reinventing the wheel to help disabled people

A charity warns festival goers could be seriously damaging their hearing after research suggesting it is a widespread problem.

While the debate about changing the law on organ donation rages, experts consider how to improve the current system.

Campaigners and researchers have urged ministers to take a tough stance on the sale of tobacco.

Musical taste and style is closely related to personality type, according to new research from a Scottish university.

A Nigerian state government encourages HIV-positive men and women to marry each other.

A cancer sufferer who could die in the next two months takes his battle for a drug that may extend his life to the High Court.

Two hospital doctors warn patient data is at risk after a snapshot poll of colleagues showed lapses in security.

Technology to reveal dangerous changes in blood pressure during delicate brain surgery is under development.

Intensive care doctors have told the BBC they are deeply concerned about any radical change to the law on organ donation.

Why do we have such a downer on pregnant teens?

Patients have been urged to keep taking a cholesterol-lowering treatment despite a study linking it to higher cancer risk.

Doctors at Liverpool Women's Hospital help develop a system to stop mistakes being made in fertility clinics.

Exercise may help improve mental performance in adults with mild memory problems, research suggests.

Nearly four million people in the UK may be unaware they are at high risk of heart disease, research suggests.

Charities are warning they are having to dip into donations to provide services for councils.

Fertility clinics are to get guidance on how to cut the rate of multiple pregnancies occurring in couples taking IVF treatment.

Ibuprofen is better at alleviating childhood fever than paracetamol and should be the drug of first choice, say researchers.

Is a member of your family an addict?

A boy whose parents were told he would not survive starts his first day at school.

Plans to help compensate people in Scotland suffering from past exposure to asbestos are heavily criticised.

A man's reluctance to marry may be down to a genetic 'flaw', say researchers.