UK researchers develop a test to detect Alzheimer's disease in its earliest stages - by looking for certain patterns in blood samples.

A survey of nearly 700 popular meals served in celebrity chef and High Street restaurants has found that half were high in salt.

The danger of growing resistance to antibiotics should be treated as seriously as the threat of terrorism, England's chief medical officer says.

Over 100 people, mostly women have signed an open letter in protest at the proposed abortion amendment which would make it illegal to perform an abortion outside the NHS.

Fatty arteries may not just be a curse of modern unhealthy lifestyles, say researchers who used scans to look at the heart health of mummies.