Toddler survives 30ft flat plunge

A toddler escapes with just bruising after plunging 30ft (9m) from a third-floor flat window in Dorset.

Miss Smith?

Why Florence Nightingale hated being famous

Ultrasound contraceptive for men

Scientists are to begin testing ultrasound as a reversible contraceptive for men.

Anorexia battle

The 12-year-old boy who learnt to fear food

Report urges maternity strategy

A report into labour wards in Northern Ireland says a new local maternity strategy should be developed.

Screwdriver saves boy choking on a ball

A family friend uses a screwdriver to save a two-year-old boy choking on a wooden ball he had swallowed.

Charity launches donor campaign

A campaign asking people across the UK to back an opt-out organ donation system is launched by a Welsh charity.

Stalemate

What a coalition government could mean for the NHS

Breast cancer gene clue discovery

Five new genetic clues to why some women have a family history of breast cancer are identified by UK researchers.

The pill turns 50

The revolutionary tablet still sparks debate