Doctors at some of the UK’s busiest music festivals say a young patient’s ability to use a mobile may be a good test of how ill they are.

Prescription-only painkillers available over the internet could be ‘deadly’ say experts.

Health information online is breeding a generation of cyberchondriacs - say researchers.

Most young people in the UK are unaware of the serious damage junk food can do to their health, a survey suggests.

Texts and emails could play a big role in the future NHS

Men are being warned they could be “gambling with their lives” if they buy fake medicines online.

Men are being warned they could be “gambling with their lives” if they buy fake medicines online.

How a 3D computer world can be used to train paramedics.

The NHS must be more innovative in its use of everyday technology to improve care to patients, experts say.

For middle aged and older people at least, using the internet helps boost brain power, research suggests.

The ‘couch potato’ image of computer gamers is unfounded, with many in better than average shape, claim US researchers.

Motion sensors like those developed for video games may help stroke sufferers relearn simple tasks, researchers say.

Scientists say an understanding of how the Twin Towers collapsed will lead to new steels needed to build fusion reactors.

Reinventing the wheel to help disabled people

Technology to reveal dangerous changes in blood pressure during delicate brain surgery is under development.

How virtual reality helps get patients walking again

A human exoskeleton robotic suit is helping people paralysed from the waist down to stand, walk and climb stairs.

A human exoskeleton robotic suit is helping people paralysed from the waist down to stand, walk and climb stairs.

The first flights have been conducted of an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to monitor UK farmland.

Some women in countries where abortion is restricted are using the internet to buy medication for a home abortion, the BBC learns.