Researchers found that two compounds found in coffee might help slow the growth of prostate cancer cells. Although the findings are preliminary, they are encouraging

A research paper says that in future an examination of the eye might be able to tell whether someone is heading toward Alzheimer's disease.

Public satisfaction with the NHS has fallen to its lowest level for over a decade, a long-running survey suggests.

Doctors have urged people in Greater Manchester to make sure they and their children are vaccinated against measles after a sharp recent increase in cases. Public Health England said there had been 32 confirmed cases across Greater Manchester...

Cuts to benefits and wider economic hardship are increasing demand for mental health care, NHS bosses say.

New guidelines on diagnosing high blood pressure could mean thousands more people benefiting from treatment in England and Wales. Health bosses say offering blood-pressure-lowering drugs to more people with stage-1 hypertension would help to...

For some women, the menopause and the years leading up to it, can be a time of troubling emotional and physical symptoms.