Appointment raises questions why post was left vacant while concern rose over quality of breast implants

Changes in lifestyle seem to be more effective than costly medical interventions, believes James LeFanu.

Thanks to the wonders of medical science and an uncharacteristically prompt service from the NHS, I can now hear properly out of my right ear. Mrs Sane has nagged me for a long time about my bad hearing so a few months ago I went to see my GP about it.  A nice student doctor

Royal College of General Practitioners adds 26,000 members to number of UK NHS clinical and medical staff calling for the scrapping of the bill

European Commission is to toughen regulation of medical devices as a result of concerns over PIP products despite scientific review

Surgeons warned the medical products watchdog about PIP breast implants in early 2010 and Nuffield Health made an unheeded request on data collection

Medical regulators are drawing up new advice for more than 30,000 Britons who have received “metal-on-metal” devices because of fears that they are even more dangerous than previously thought, a Sunday Telegraph investigation has found. Problems occur with such devices when friction between the metal ball and cup causes minuscule metal filings to break off,

The government appears to have escaped a rebellion by the medical establishment over its controversial NHS reforms in England.

Just back to work after a medical leave, President Cristina Kirchner accused British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday of portraying Argentina as "violent" in the Falkland Islands dispute.

Gingrich super-Pac links Romney to Damon, a medical testing company that was fined $119m for defrauding Medicare