New target for anti-malaria drugs Targeting a key protein may help overcome the malaria parasites increasing resistance to existing drugs, UK researchers say.

Stronger drinks put many at risk Updated methods for calculating alcohol consumption classify many more people as drinking too much.

Nurse meets kidney swap recipient A nurse from Cornwall meets the man to whom she donated her kidney in one of the UKs first altruistic swaps.

Test to spot early breast cancer A blood test to detect breast cancer in its earliest stages could be made available in the UK next year.

NHS criticised over axe killing Adequate mental health care could have prevented the brutal death of a Sunderland man, an inquiry finds.

Watson lucky to survive surgery Singer Russell Watson says he thought he "was not going to make it" through brain surgery to remove a tumour.

U-turn over sight-saving drugs The NHS drug watchdog in England and Wales reverses a decision to limit drugs for a leading cause of blindness.

Doctors urge folic acid progress A group of doctors urges the government to proceed with the folic-acid fortification of flour.

Call for rethink in obesity fight Obesity cannot be tackled through individual efforts alone, but must also include social initiatives, experts say.

Hospital fines for patient harm Hospitals should be fined if they harm patients, the governments chief medical officer has proposed.