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Results have been published for a novel drug that appears to help extend the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer, Best Medical Cover has reported.

Aviva has been hit with a rating downgrade by Standard & Poor's (S&P) amid concerns its strategic plan will create "significant risks and costs".

Profits at Royal London fell by 25% in the first half of the year as a slow market hit new sales and low interest rates affected revenues from customers' policies.

An NHS cancer patient survey has shown 61% of trusts have improved on previous results.

A new way to define heart attacks will be presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2012 in Munich on 25 August.

The Financial Skills Partnership (FSP) is to launch a plan to train 150 unemployed graduates as financial advisers.

The Government leak that the Coalition had changed its mind on the Dilnot Commission's funding reform has been called questionable and a possible disaster.

The June FSA figures for PPI complaints show a drop for the first time this year.

NICE has launched a consultation on two social care quality standards for dementia support and children's wellbeing.

Friends Life will not see any change driven by Resolution's decision not to split the business, the provider has said.