BBC Health

A cheap drug, which is already prescribed for arthritis, could fight amoebic dysentery, according to researchers in the US.

US baby boomers are advised to get tested for the liver-destroying virus hepatitis C, in a move health officials say could save 120,000 lives.

Dieting in pregnancy is safe and does not carry risks for the baby, a review of research has suggested.

Thousands of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented if the cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins, were more widely prescribed, research suggests.

A father who lost his son to leukaemia is calling for schools and colleges to make a lesson on donating stem cells, blood and organs part of the curriculum.