• Doubts raised on measles target

Plans to wipe out measles by 2010 may be dashed after high levels of the disease are recorded in European countries.

  • Radon gas action needed across UK

All new homes should be fitted with measures to prevent the build-up of the potentially harmful gas radon, say researchers.

  • Tetris 'helps to reduce trauma'

Playing the computer puzzle game Tetris might help reduce the effects of traumatic stress, say UK researchers.

  • Appeal for research brain donors

More people need to donate their brains to medical research if cures for diseases like dementia are to be found, scientists say.

  • Baby dies as bug strikes hospital

A baby dies and six others are in an isolation ward after an infection strikes at a neo-natal unit of a Birmingham hospital.

  • Hospital mobile bans can be eased

Hospitals in England should consider allowing more liberal use of mobile phones, the Department of Health has announced.

  • NHS patient error deaths 'rising'

More than 3,000 people have died as a result of patient safety incidents in just one year in England, figures show.

  • Young woman told she had flu dies

A mother from Norfolk dies three days after a medical line said she had a bout of flu and should drink plenty of fluids.

  • Females 'less physically active'

Females are less physically active at both ends of life than their male counterparts, two studies suggest.

  • Why playing golf may damage your hearing

Keen golfers are being warned by doctors that they could be risking their hearing for their sport.

  • Skiers should treat the piste 'like a beach' for skin protection

Skiers have been warned by doctors to protect their skin against the sun and harmful UV rays as if they were on the beach.

  • One person diagnosed with diabetes every three minutes charity warns

One person is diagnosed with diabetes every three minutes in Britain a charity has warned with almost 150000 people told they had it last year.

  • Measles could survive attempted eradication due to low vaccination rates

Doctors said there were "serious doubts" that a target to effectively kill off measles in Europe by next year will be reached because of low vaccination rates.

  • Teenagers 'turn to alcohol and drugs to cope with school stress'

One in three 16yearolds are turning to alcohol cigarettes and drugs to cope with the pressure of looming exams and coursework deadlines a new study suggests.

  • Woman dies after contracting rabies in African animal sanctuary

A woman who worked in an African animal sanctuary has become the first Briton to die from rabies for four years.

  • Deadly bug kills baby and puts seven more in isolation in hospital

A baby has died and seven others have been put into isolation after an outbreak of the rare and deadly Serratia bug at a hospital's specialist neonatal unit.

  • Playing the video game 'Tetris' could reduce trauma claim Oxford University

Playing the video game "Tetris" after a major shock could reduce the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder claim scientists.

  • Boy dies after outofhours doctors recommend Paracetamol mother claims

A 12yearold boy died after doctors refused to make a house call to his examine him and told his mother to give him Paracetamol she claimed.

  • Failed obesity wonder drug Leptin revived by new research

An obesity wonderdrug called Leptin that failed to live up to its expectations when first discovered by scientists could yet turn out to help Britain's growing weight problem claims new research.

  • Lesley Garner's Life Lessons: How to mend a broken heart

In an exclusive extract from her new book the Telegraph's Lifeclass columnist Lesley Garner suggests strategies for coping after a failed relationship