After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008 and undergoing chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery to remove her tumour and one of her breasts, Vi...

Ladies, we're having some tummy trouble. If we're to cut our risk of diseases and health implications, like breast cancer and infertility, we need to lose some inches from our waists.

The waistlines of more than half of women are too big, experts have said, as they warned those who are overweight they are increasing their risk of ca...

Overweight Britons know that their weight could increase their risk of cancer but still struggle to find the drive to lose the pounds, research sugges...

A study has shown that a diet high in fat and calories can hasten the development of pancreatic cancer in humans. In a presentation to the American...

Team LOLA have raised over £1400 for Cancer Research UK with additional donations for Sarcoma UK totalling to £2500 overall, an achievement that has made all who were close to Lola extremely proud.

Diesel fumes cause cancer, the World Health Organisation's cancer agency declared today, a ruling it said could make exhaust as important a public hea...

One in four people will experience a mental health problem at some point in their lives, yet it's still seems such a difficult subject to talk about. I remember 20 years ago, no one talked about cancer. Why is it that when an illness is visible, we can embrace the patient, but when it is invisible, in the mind, we seem scared to even say the words?

A "dangerous" lack of awareness about smoking cannabis could be putting millions of people at risk, a leading charity warned today. Most people (88...

A commonly prescribed diabetes drug increases the risk of bladder cancer, research has found. Patients who use pioglitazone, a drug for type 2 diab...

Unhealthy Western ways of living are likely to fuel a massive surge in cancer rates around the world, experts have claimed. A study predicts a more...

Aspirin, ibuprofen and painkillers taken by millions of us each day for aches, pains and ailments could have a secondary benefit – prevention agains...

Men who suffer from mental health problems are more likely to succumb to cancer post-diagnosis, a new study has revealed. According to researchers ...

A drug used to treat schizophrenia may provide an effective weapon against treatment-resistant cancers, research suggests. The anti-psychotic drug ...

It's a plot worthy of Hollywood - a fatal radioactive poison, secret documents, suppressed information, and drugs. But this isn't fiction. This is the story of the tobacco industry's knowledge, policy and inaction around radioactive material in cigarette smoke.

A team of scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have suggested a pill designed to treat sleeping disorders could help fight cancer....

Heavy snoring not only keeps you (and no doubt, your partner) awake at night – it could increase your risk of developing cancer, too. A team of ...

How we treat people at the end of life is the mark of our society and we only get one chance to get it right. It is time to forget about taboos, to find out what people's end of life wishes are and to act now to improve the system so that these can be respected. If we don't, people will continue to die alone in hospital unnecessarily.

When Tara Mann took her daughter Eliana, now 10 years old, to her local GP, the young girl was promptly sent to have further tests, which revealed a m...