High doses of B vitamins may slow the rate of brain shrinkage in older people experiencing warning signs of Alzheimer's disease, a study says.

The government has announced £700m of savings in the national IT programme for the NHS in England, cutting the overall cost to £11.4bn.

Scientists begin a study to determine if an everyday vitamin supplement could help prevent a common birth defect.

There are now 12 cases linked to a Legionnaires' outbreak, as health officials focus on south Wales industrial sites in the search for the cause.

Millions of pounds are lost in England by the failure of the NHS to provide more obesity operations, a study says.

The injury into contaminated NHS blood products in the 1980s will hear from the victims who contracted HIV and Hepatitis.

Taking statins may reduce the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, a study suggests.

More needs to be done to establish which are safe and effective ways to relieve morning sickness, experts say.

ME, or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, in children could be caused by a virus, scientists say.

Too few UK cancer patients are receiving state-of-the-art radiotherapy care, experts from Cancer Research UK say.