Improved treatment of blood pressure has prevented hundreds of thousands of heart attacks, strokes and deaths in England, say doctors.

Sleeping in a room with too much light may increase the odds of piling on the pounds, claim researchers.

Smaller community hospitals should play a bigger role especially in the care of older patients, the new head of the NHS in England says.

The number of child emotional abuse cases referred to police and children's services by the NSPCC has risen by 47% in a year, the charity has said.

The Community Hospitals Association's Helen Tucker discusses calls for smaller community hospitals to play a bigger role in providing care

People should continue to take statins because the benefits do outweigh the risks, according to the UK's drug safety body.

A key government target for treating people diagnosed with suspected cancer has been breached for the first time since it was introduced in 2009

The father of a boy with severe autism who is being treated at a unit 260 miles away from his family has called for local care to be provided.