Care services run by councils are facing major cuts this year as rises in council tax have failed to plug the gaps in budgets in England, town hall chiefs are warning.

Suspected sepsis in patients must be treated as an emergency in the same way as heart attacks are, England's health watchdog says.

Artificial sweeteners can increase appetite by activating hunger pathways in the body, scientists discover - at least in animals.

Simplifying the way ovarian cancers are tested saves both lives and money, a study suggests.

Women in their forties are having more babies than women two decades younger for the first time in nearly 70 years, official figures for England and Wales show.

Lingerie company Amoena wins a legal battle over tax on special bras worn by women who have had a mastectomy.

A judicial review into an NHS decision not to fund a "game-changing" drug that can prevent HIV will be heard in the High Court on Wednesday.

Health campaigners say they are "hugely dismayed" that the meningitis B vaccine will not be extended to all children in the UK under the age of two.