Lung cancer: Signs and symptoms to look out for Lung cancer is one of the most common and serious types of cancer – around 47,000 people are diagnosed with the condition every year in the UK. There...

Prostate cancer: What are the signs and symptoms? Stephen Fry is a much loved comedian, actor and writer who has been a mainstay of British television over the years. Stephen shocked fans a couple of years...

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. An ulcer is an area where part of the skin is missing and thus...

The number of patients starting anticancer therapies dropped by more than 30 per cent in April, the month following the UK’s first COVID-19 lockdown, but went above pre-pandemic levels within three...

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause significant illness and death while treatment options remain limited. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have discovered a potential strategy...

A recent study has shown that it may be possible to dampen the workings of the subconscious brain to prevent alcohol relapse, the results leading to a world-first trial of a personalized smartphone app...

The rheumatoid arthritis drug baricitinib can block viral entry and reduce mortality in patients with moderate to severe COVID-19, according to translational research by an international team coordinated...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects more than 70,000 children in the United States and the prevalence is rising. In fact, 25% of the 3.1 million individuals with IBD present before 21 years of age....

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Clare Balding, 49, revealed she had thyroid cancer back in 2009....

Prostate cancer is the result of cancerous cells multiplying uncontrollably in the prostate — a small walnut-shaped gland in men. It usually develops slowly, so there may be no signs for many years....