An 11-year-old girl became one of the world's youngest mothers - and went into labour on the way to her wedding. Kordeza Zhelyazkova, from Sliven in Bulgaria, was still wearing her wedding dress and tiara as she was rushed to hospital, where she gave...

Loneliness, already linked to numerous illnesses such as dementia and high blood pressure, has been found to make rats more susceptible to breast cancer Being lonely could more than treble a woman's odds of developing breast cancer, research suggests....

The world's smallest mother, Stacey Herald, is celebrating the birth of her third baby. Doctors warned Stacey, who is just 2ft 4ins, it would be too dangerous for her to ever have children. But the determined 35-year-old defied medics to have a family...

A man injected his wife with his HIV-infected blood while she was asleep An HIV-positive man infected his wife with the virus because he wanted to start having sex with her again. The 35-year-old injected his blood into the sleeping woman, who had...

Health-giving: Tea defends against cancers and lowers cholesterol It is the traditional British solution for soothing away worries. But now it seems a nice cup of tea may have health benefits beyond stress relief. Researchers from Newcastle...

Experts have gathered more evidence on the link between low birth weight and youngsters reaching puberty at an early age. Those who gain weight rapidly in their first two years of life are also more likely to reach puberty early, they said. The latest...