" Childhood obesity, widespread in many industrialized countries, is linked particularly to the early age at which the first ...

Scientists have pinpointed a “Big Bang” moment in bowel cancer—when cells first evade the immune system. This early immune ...

UK prostate cancer rates are up 10% since 2015 - a rise attributed to an ageing population and better diagnostics.

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The NHS has urged people to see their GP if they experience a symptom lasting three weeks or longer. According to the health ...

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Tom Collins, research lead for discovery research at the Wellcome Trust, said: "Through tracing the earliest stages of bowel ...

Research reveals that grey hairs are a small example of a cell choosing to bow out rather than risk turning malignant ...

A top gastrointestinal specialist has shed light on one of the most overlooked signs of bowel cancer - and why recognising ...

Scientists have discovered that the form of morning after pill ulipristal acetate could prevent at-risk women getting breast ...

One particular sign could indicate the most deadly type of cancer in the UK, which kills around 33,100 Brits every year ...

Radiotherapy can be safely omitted as a treatment for many breast cancer patients who have had a mastectomy and are taking ...