The number of people living with dementia worldwide is set to treble by 2050, according to a new analysis.

A Labour MP has called for more people struggling with depression to seek treatment, after admitting to suffering from the disease himself.

An anti-tuberculosis vaccine could prevent multiple sclerosis, early research suggests.

The doctor-patient relationship can be a close - but can it extend to social media?

Teenage births in England fell by 8% in a year, latest figures show.

Justice Minister David Ford has said he is going to consult on changing Northern Ireland's abortion laws to allow women carrying babies with fatal foetal abnormalities to have a termination.