US research suggests there may be a link between a rare blood type and memory problems in later life.

Delays bringing in screening for lung cancer in the UK could cost tens of thousands of lives, warns a leading cancer expert.

Proton beam therapy centres to treat cancers will be available in Manchester and London in 2018, NHS officials confirm.

Making people feel shameful about their weight could lead them to gain weight, not lose it, suggests a University College London study.

Staff at the UK hospital where brain tumour patient Ashya King was treated have been inundated with abusive calls and emails, it is revealed.

Patients may be getting sicker and becoming more expensive to treat while they wait to see a doctor, says the body that represents GPs in Wales.