8th September 2011 - Being sent to a commercial diet programme, like Weight Watchers, by a GP can help overweight or obese people lose twice as much over a year as they would with normal NHS services, according to a new study.

David Cameron at No 10 after facing questions on the health and social care bill. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images David Cameron faced embarrassment when medical leaders rejected his claim that they supported the governments health reforms.

THE number of cases of cancer worldwide has increased by a fifth in just six years, with fears that rates will soar further with disease caused by unhealthy lifestyles, experts have warned.

MORE than 27000 people with diabetes in Wales could be at risk of going blind, a charity will today warn. Diabetes UK said thousands of people are not having regular screening tests which are designed to help prevent ...

GRIEVING parents who lose a baby are significantly more likely to have their lives cut short, too. And although the risk eases in time, it can last for up to 25 years.

Doctors will be able to identify the initial signs of Alzheimers disease earlier thanks to a new 10 minute, picture-based memory test.