As the recent party conferences and Scottish referendum have proved, health and social care are at the centre of political attention and will be crucial in general election campaigns.
Southend Crown Court Essex Police said Watson, whose case was being heard in Southend, was “cold and calculating”
Regular cannabis use in childhood risks damaging teenagers GCSE results, according to a major study.
Family doctors will be paid £55 for every patient they diagnose with dementia under a new NHS England scheme which has been condemned as an ethical travesty.
A paralysed man has been able to walk again after a pioneering therapy that involved transplanting cells from his nasal cavity into his spinal cord.
Now, scientists have created a type 2 diabetes drug that can be switched on and off by blue light, potentially improving treatment.
Broadcaster Fiona Phillips reflects on the difficult decisions she faced when both parents were diagnosed with dementia.
A £2m programme using sport to improve the lives of people with mental health problems has been announced.
A new law that would allow terminally-ill patients in England and Wales to be given untested medicines has received government backing.
A man who was diagnosed with dementia and then told three years later he did not have the condition has received an apology from an NHS trust.
