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The Phase 3 ALCANZA clinical trial into the drug brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris) has posted positive results, Takeda Pharmaceutical and Seattle Genetics have announced.

The Prison Service needs to develop a strategy to deal with the growing number of older prisoners so that staff can manage age-related conditions such as dementia better, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) has said.

More than 170,000 people are alive despite being diagnosed with cancer more than 25 years ago, a new report by Macmillan Cancer Support has found.

In 2014/15, there were 14,280 primary hospital admissions caused by poisoning by illicit drugs, a rise of 57% since 2004/05, new statistics by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) have revealed.

The aptly named 'Dechoker' has been developed with a view to it becoming a part of all first aid kits across homes and businesses in the UK.

Researchers are calling for GPs to spend longer with patients who have multiple health and social problems, following a study published in BMC Medicine which found that extended consultations helped improve quality of life over the long term.

An anti-malaria drug could help radiotherapy destroy tumours according to a Cancer Research UK-funded study published in Nature Communications.

A 45 year study in middle-aged men has shown that the impact of low physical capacity on risk of death is second only to smoking. The research is published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

More people than ever are receiving psychological therapies and April saw the highest recovery rates so far in the history of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme, end-of-year data has shown.

Up to a million Britons are at risk of preventable, long-term disability and reduced life expectancy due to delays in referrals to specialist advice and treatment services, according to the most comprehensive audit of rheumatology services carried out across England and Wales.

An international consortium of scientists, led by King's College London and the University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands, has identified novel genes which increase the risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common form of motor neurone disease.

Up to 1 million Britons are at risk of preventable, long-term disability and reduced life expectancy due to delays in referrals to specialist advice and treatment services, according to the most comprehensive audit of rheumatology services carried out across England and Wales.

A new hub of resources to support GPs to deliver the best possible care to patients with perinatal mental health conditions has been launched by the Royal College of GPs (RCGP).

To mark World Brain Day (July 22), the World Federation of Neurology (WFN) has called for greater collaboration to tackle age-related neurological conditions, such as stroke, dementia and Parkinson's disease.

There were 5,700 newly-recorded cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) in England in 2015-16, according to figures published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).