Researchers found poor diabetes control was responsible for £3 billion in avoidable hospital treatment in 2017/18 - eight per cent of the total amount that the NHS in England spent on hospital costs

Researchers found that a single pill containing low doses of three medications to treat high blood pressure and one to lower cholesterol reduced the estimated risk of heart disease

Thick, impenetrable slabs are expanding so rapidly on the interior the run-off area has increased by 26 per cent since 2001

Their average working week lasts up to 15 hours longer than teachers in other countries. Four in 10 usually work in the evening - and 10 per cent at weekends

The tiny particles, containing poisonous black carbon, are travelling to the placenta, after being breathed into the lungs

Bone marrow may be the missing piece of the fertility puzzle, according to a new study

Doctors say that losing their hair while undergoing chemo adds to the distress of breast cancer patients

One-year and five-year survival rates in the UK have improved for cancers of the oesophagus, stomach, colon, rectum, pancreas, lung and ovary since 1995, reveal findings published in Lancet Oncology

K2-18b, which is eight times the mass of Earth, is now the only planet orbiting a star outside the solar system known to have both water and temperatures that could support life