Pioneering brain imaging that can detect the build-up of destructive proteins linked to Alzheimer's has been developed by Japanese scientists.

Short lines of text increase reading speed and comprehension in some readers with dyslexia, research suggests.

Schoolboys should be given the HPV vaccine to protect them developing mouth and throat cancers, according to public and sexual health bodies.

The thousands of aromas humans can smell can be sorted into 10 basic categories, US scientists say.

Migrants from outside the EU would have to have medical insurance to enter the UK under plans by the UK Independence Party to curb "health tourism".

Managers from top-performing NHS hospitals are to be sent into failing ones in England to try to turn them around, with bonus payments for success.

A team of health experts recommend that warning labels be put on bags of compost because of the risk of Legionnaires' disease.

People with sleep apnoea could be treated very differently depending on where in the UK they live, according to a new report.