A new gene therapy has been used to treat patients with a rare inherited eye disorder which causes blindness.
The US has approved its first treatment for peanut allergies in children.
Hundreds of thousands of people could have their Christmas ruined by flu, say England's top doctors, who are predicting a rise in cases.
The number of children being admitted to hospital in England with a severe allergic reaction has risen every year for the past five years.
Treating peanut allergy with regular exposure to small amounts of the food is effective - but only if a patient stays on the therapy, a study suggests.
Many people with asthma could cut their carbon footprint and help save the environment by switching to "greener" medications, UK researchers say
A drug used to treat enlarged prostates may be a powerful medicine against Parkinson's disease, according to an international team of scientists.
When nerve surgeon Dr Susan Mackinnon needed help to finish an operation, she reached, as she often does, for a mid-20th Century book of anatomy.
The success of the HPV vaccination offers hope of one day eradicating cervical cancer, say scientists who carried out a major review of evidence.
Morven-May MacCallum says her life is still "completely dominated" by Lyme disease, nine years on from starting treatment.
