People should consider taking aspirin immediately after mini or minor stroke to prevent or limit the harm caused by further strokes, researchers say.

Superbugs will kill someone every three seconds by 2050 unless the world acts now, a hugely influential report says.

Colon cancers are more deadly if they appear on the right side of the colon, a study suggests.

Four in 10 skin cancer patients given a drug to boost their immune were still alive after three years, a study suggests.

Junior doctors' leaders fear they could face an "uphill struggle" to convince the profession to accept the new contract agreed with ministers.

An NHS hospital that became the first to be privately-run is set to merge with another trust in a bid to save more than £9m.

Abortion rates among women in London are higher than the rest of England, as figures reveal wide variations across the country.

Plain packaging rules for tobacco will be introduced on Friday after a legal challenge against the new law was dismissed by the High Court.