Scientists believe injections of a natural protein could lessen the symptoms and progress of dementia after promising early trials in mice.

A fifth of people with advanced melanoma have no sign of tumours in their body after treatment with a pair of immunotherapy drugs, a study shows.

Age UK has been criticised by the Charity Commission, after it recommended an energy tariff that was not the cheapest available.

Junior doctors in England may need to rethink plans to take part in next week's all-out strikes amid concerns some hospitals could struggle to cope, the regulator of the profession says.

A new type of cancer drug that wakes up the patient's own immune system to fight tumours could be a game changer for tackling head and neck cancers, say experts.

The predicted explosion of dementia may be less severe than previously thought, a study in Nature Communications suggests

The NHS in England says it will reconsider whether or not to provide a drug treatment that can prevent HIV.

The number of babies dying before their first birthday in England and Wales is at its lowest ever, new figures have revealed