ελληνικό φόρουμ - από το 1997

On the eve of World Kidney Day, Adrian Mole Author Sue Townsend - who underwent a kidney transplant operation last year - is appealing for people to come forward as altruistic donors.

Doctors' leaders have called for a halt in the development of a medical records database for patients in England.

There are growing calls for counsellors and psychotherapists to be regulated by law to protect patients.

Parents and private firms are being warned about the health and legal risks of collecting blood from umbilical cords after birth.

Millions of pounds intended to fund respite breaks for voluntary carers in England has been spent on other areas of the NHS, according to two charities.

Jasmine Whitbread, chief executive of Save the Children, has explained to BBC Breakfast why women in the developing world face the same risk of dying in childbirth today, as British mothers did in 1910.

A change in the law has brought new hope for thousands of people who are in desperate need of a kidney transplant.

A paramedic who lied to police and his bosses, after he failed to resuscitate a 30-stone man, has been jailed for a year. Karl Harris had told a colleague there was no point in bothering to treat Barry Baker who had collapsed after they arrived.

In some areas local authority care for mental health patients stops completely between the ages of 16 and 18, leaving some teenagers struggling to cope.

The island of Guernsey says it may classify the synthetic stimulant mephedrone as a class A drug.