A new package of care for dementia sufferers will help in the fight against the illness, the health secretary says.

Uganda's health minister says homosexuals will not be discriminated against when accessing healthcare despite the introduction of a tough new anti-gay law.

John Maguire reports on efforts to improve treatment for teenagers and young people diagnosed with cancer.

Autism is less common in girls than in boys because their brains are more resilient, research suggests.

There was a sharp fall in the number of cases of measles in England at the end of 2013, figures from Public Health England show.

Surgeons removed a man's tumour and rebuilt his body using leg muscles and tissue they had removed and attached to his arm to keep alive.