Hidden cameras and mystery-shopper exercises may form part of a revamped inspection regime for care homes and domiciliary care in England next year.

If you see blood in your urine, even if it is just once, it could be a sign of cancer, a public health campaign warns.

Bone fractures caused by osteoporosis occur once every two minutes in the UK among the over-50s, figures reveal.

People are being urged to look out for the early signs of kidney cancer in a new advertising campaign to raise awareness of the disease.

A further four measles cases are linked to a school in Neath Port Talbot, taking the total in the outbreak to nine.

Some pollutants continue to pose a "significant threat" to European citizens' health and the environment, says a report by the European Environment Agency.

An Irish family say their Great Dane, Charlie, is helping to protect their three-year-old daughter by warning them when she is about to have an epileptic seizure.

Cash to fund the early entry into hospitals of hundreds of potential new treatments for rare diseases and disorders is withdrawn.