More than 5,700 patients died or suffered serious harm due to errors and near misses in England, latest figures for a six-month period show.

A woman who spent weeks in an induced coma after contracting E. coli says she wanted to die until she heard tapes of her baby.

Relatives of a 106-year-old woman have lost their campaign to keep her in a Wolverhampton care home.

A US couple who prayed rather than seeking medical attention for their dying daughter are sentenced to six months in jail.

A Kent man who survived three different types of cancer over 16 years says he is thankful for the support he has received.

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/10/07/article-1218687-06B80EC2000005DC-731_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/Louise Jones, 24, developed a migraine, sore throat and flu-like symptoms while holidaying on Crete and died in hospital a fortnight later.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/4XFpcSPPoks" height="1" width="1"/

A quarter of nurses say dementia patients on general hospital wards are being prescribed antipsychotic drugs inappropriately, a poll reveals.

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/10/07/article-0-0359ADEA0000044D-756_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/Previously doctors stressed it was vital to develop specific swine flu jabs as they thought the seasonal vaccine offered little or no cross-over protection.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/sjFQbQw6pgM" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/10/06/article-0-058F97AC000005DC-591_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/Patients treated in clinical trials with the drug, glatiramer acetate, showed they cut the chance of getting MS by almost half over a three-year period.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/XuVuvIjo9gM" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/10/06/article-0-0001072D00000258-939_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/Driving a convertible can expose you to noise levels on a par with construction sites, says a new study.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/icIjBuzymG0" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/10/07/article-0-000176200000238C-2_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/It seems good posture is not the only reason we would have done well to heed the advice of our parents as scientists claim it could also make us more confident.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/82EMjAxk-w4" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/10/05/article-1218249-05930128000005DC-188_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/The Oscar winner may turn her back on theatre after chemotherapy and radiotherapy left her #8220;flattened#8221; with no energy or confidence.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/GR02pkXh6UM" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/10/06/article-1218496-06BAD29D000005DC-876_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/Three-quarters of fresh British chicken is contaminated with the potentially lethal food-poisoning bug campylobacter.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/2i2tlpADniY" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/10/07/article-0-04BBE723000005DC-362_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/Forty-one per cent said they would be reluctant to visit the surgery with a problem, compared with 36 per cent of men, according to the survey by Cancer Research UK.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/EwYPdhqvcak" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/10/06/article-1218501-06B86A71000005DC-318_87x84.jpg" width="87" height="84" /br/Gordon Moore, 72, had worn a metal plate to protect his brain for more than 50 years after he was involved in a car crash.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dailymail/health/~4/ePkHC5P-dFA" height="1" width="1"/

It's time to make it easier to donate sperm

Britons would put off seeing their GP with cancer symptoms for a variety of reasons, including fear, a survey suggests.

Driving a convertible car with the top down at speeds of between 50 and 70mph can seriously damage your ears, experts warn.

UK doctors are resorting to paying some psychiatric patients in the hope it will make them take their medication, under a trial.

The damaged skull of a man involved in a car crash 50 years ago has regenerated itself, a process thought to be extremely rare.