The International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) has won one of this year's prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education, and will be presented with the award at an honours

Child survival experts have challenged the world to wake up to an unprecedented opportunity to save the lives of 30 million under fives over the next decade, at an international conference in Londo

Nurses are the key to restoring public confidence in UK hospital care, argues an expert in this week's BMJ.

New report asks why, with up to 140,000 Germans dying from tobacco-related illness each year, the German scientific and medical establishment is still in bed with the tobacco industry

A new study published today reveals the enormous toll domestic violence has on the health and wellbeing of women around the world, and the extent to which partner violence is still largely hidden.

Much of the discussion on binge drinking consists of recycled arguments from over a Century ago, says new report.

A team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has, for the first time, brought together worldwide research on personal needs for healthy living in older age and identified the mini

A new report has revealed that improving the health of the people of Europe could also boost the economy of the region.

A study, conducted by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has shown that many Russians drink so-called 'surrogate' alcohols, such as 'samogon' (moonshine), medicinal compounds, and

A life-saving drug used to treat seriously-ill pregnant women in Africa is not widely available - in part because it's too cheap.

An end to routine TB vaccination for schoolchildren will mean health resources can be more effectively targeted, a top expert said yesterday.

A pioneering vaccination programme for children has virtually wiped out a killer bug in the Gambia - and could save hundreds of thousands of young lives across Africa.