A man dubbed 'Dr Death' by the Australian media returns from the US to face charges he failed patients in his care.

Food price rises stunt Indonesian children's growth

More than 25% of adults in China are now considered overweight or obese, according to new research.

How corruption is giving babies HIV in Central Asia

The number of elderly people who killed themselves in Japan rose sharply in 2007, government figures show.

China sends medics to offer reverse sterilisation operations to parents who lost their only child in the quake.

A Japanese company is developing face recognition software for cigarette vending machines - to curb underage smoking.

The toll from a deadly intestinal virus affecting thousands of children in central China continues to rise.

Twenty-two children have died in China from a virus which has infected almost 3,000 children, state media say.

Officials in Beijing impose a ban on smoking in most public buildings in the run-up to the Olympic Games.