Health

Lithopedion is a condition in which a foetus develops and dies outside the uterus.

Health and environmental debate is moot

Brazil university study says smoking cuts down lung function.

Saadiya Saleh produces small, hard stones beneath her eyelids instead of tears.

Today is the day when employees are most likely to take a day off from work.

Air pollution in China is getting worse, Beijing admits.

Secretive Google X department creates smart contact lens for monitoring diabetes suffers' glucose levels.

Singer alleges she was 'burned all over her body' after visiting Uvasun West in January 2012.

PMI Health Group says a majority of employers already have an occupational health service.

There are more calls for a sugar tax which would attack people for making reasonable choices that the state doesn't approve of.

Study shows meditating daily can reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety.

80-year-old man infected with H7N9 bird flu virus dies in Hong Kong.

Bupa says a lack of motivation and poor health is "costing businesses dearly".

Man with history of mental illness kills flatmate after being lost by care system

Amanda Bynes has been declared mentally fit to stand trial in her DUI case.

Don Shenker, director and founder of Alcohol Health Network, wants workers to take standardised test.

An overdue well-being reformation is under way within the UK's financial sector.

Unnamed girl smuggled into Britain from Somalia for organised gangs to harvest her organs for transplant operations.

Barclays' Hector Sants signed off for stress while Lloyds' António Horta-Osório took time off in the past.

Mind says there is a danger that companies are neglecting workplace mental health.

Amanda Bynes has been shifted to a specialty treatment facility in Malibu.

Clot caused by concussion sustained after faint-induced fall earlier this month.

When the Indian government flew the gang-rape victim to Singapore, was it acting in her best interests, or its own?

US president during first Iraq war, 88-year-old Bush suffering from persistent fever.

Margaret Thatcher recuperating from surgery to remove growth in her bladder.

'Stoptober' campaign urges smokers to stop smoking for 28 days from 1 October.

NHS hospitals encouraged to set up branches in Brazil, India and the Gulf under health service brand.

Australia ranks as world's happiest nation in OECD Better Life Index - ahead of Norway and US.

Billionaire investor and Berkshire Hathaway chief executive Warren Buffett diagnosed with early prostrate cancer.

The ban is aimed at reducing the temptation for children and young people to smoke..