Cancer

Abdelbaset al-Megrahi claimed that his role in the attack has been given too much weight and the truth will surface soon.

Oct 04, 2011

Researchers at the Institute of Food Research and the John Innes Center have developed a new broccoli, known as Beneforté, with capabilities to fight cancer. It is now available in the UK market.

Oct 04, 2011

Ralph M. Steinman, 68, a professor at New York's Rockefeller University, died of pancreatic cancer on Spet. 30. What is particularly heartbreaking is that he never knew he had been awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize for Medicine! Steinman was acknowledged by the Nobel Foundation for his research into the human immune system.

Oct 04, 2011

Scientist Dies of Cancer Days Before Receiving Nobel Prize. A Canadian born scientist who was yesterday awarded the Nobel prize for medicine died of pancreatic cancer just days before he would have found out that he had been awarded the prize.

Oct 04, 2011

It has emerged that Ralph Steinman, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine Monday morning, died of pancreatic cancer last week.

Oct 03, 2011

New research, sure to be controversial, finds that the hallucinogen psilocybin, the active drug found in "magic mushrooms," can benefit the personality.

Sep 30, 2011

Millions of pounds worth of fake drug and medicines have been seized across the wold, with over half confiscated in the UK.

Sep 29, 2011

In the UK, there are about 2,800 cases of cervical cancer a year and almost 1,000 deaths.Quite a number of studies have tried to establish the link between uncircumcised men and cervical cancer in women. It shows higher rates of cervical cancer in women who have had one or more uncircumcised partners.

Sep 29, 2011

A nicotine substitute which is available online for only 12p could help triple a smokers' chance of quitting cigarettes, according to new research.

Sep 29, 2011

A team of scientists, led by Dr. Claude Libert from Ghent University in Belgium, claim women have a stronger resistance towards infection and trauma, as well as a better immune system and resistance to cancer

Sep 28, 2011

Predicting increased risks to air travelers from solar activity, NASA is developing a system to predict radiation entering Earth's atmosphere from space.

Sep 28, 2011

Libyan authorities have said they will co-operate with Scottish prosecutors and police investigating the Lockerbie bombing, the Foreign Office have said.

Sep 27, 2011

A new breast cancer drug can bring a halt in the growth of cancer by five months while reducing the chances of other side effects, trial report suggests.

Sep 27, 2011

A new piece of research suggests that people who work with goats are at greater risk of contracting a rare form of lung cancer.

Sep 26, 2011

TV celebrity Katie Price candidly confesses that she hates her tummy, boobs, knees and hair.

Sep 26, 2011

A team of scientists from the University of Strathclyde have created the brightest gamma ray beam ever, which is more than a thousand billion times brilliant than the Sun and could help open up new possibilities for medicine potentially revolutionizing cancer detection and treatment.

Sep 22, 2011

Despite the successful ousting of Gaddafi, the NATO-operation in Libya is still making waves as two French lawyers have indicated their intention to prosecute Nicholas Sarkozy for committing war crimes in Libya, following claims that civilian deaths caused by the NATO bombings in Tripoli could prove more than first assumed.

Sep 21, 2011

Declining Cancer Rates in U.S. Direct Consequence of Dramatic Fall in Smoking. The declining rates of cancer in America are the direct consequence of U.S cities becoming tougher on smokers. U.S citizens are now turning away from smoking and as a direct results U.S citizens are becoming healthier.

Sep 16, 2011

Diabetes Epidemic now Stands at 366 Million: Study

Sep 14, 2011

Andy Whitfield, the Australian-based actor who found fame playing Spartacus in the TV series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" died aged 39.

Sep 12, 2011

As the scandal surrounding the release of the Lockerbie bomber refuses to die down, new allegations implicating the signature of a BP oil deal have emerged.

Sep 07, 2011

With revelations that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has prostate cancer that may kill him within two years, the race for succession in Zimbabwe is set to get even more heated.

Sep 05, 2011

A genetically engineered virus that targets cancerous tumour cells in patients without harming healthy tissue has been used successfully for the first time, researchers say.

Sep 01, 2011

Probably not is, sadly, the short answer.

Aug 25, 2011

Poor health took the better of Steve Jobs as he resigned on Wednesday, sending shockwaves through technology and media circles.

Aug 25, 2011

Phillip Seaton and wife Deborah have sued a surgeon for "loss of service, love and affection", after Mr Seaton's penis was amputated during an operation which he said was done without his consent.

Aug 23, 2011

Medical tests on children living in three towns near the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant revealed a shocking 45 per cent of those surveyed suffered low-level thyroid radiation exposure, Japan's government said in a statement.

Aug 19, 2011

The Indian police have arrested anti-corruption campaigner and Mahatma Gandhi disciple Anna Hazare for pledging to go ahead with a hunger strike against a proposed new anti-corruption law.

Aug 16, 2011

After more than two hundred years of British rule, India regained its independence on Aug. 15, 1947.

Aug 15, 2011

The father of a Scottish victims wants Megrahi alive but back in prison.

Aug 15, 2011