Cancer

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Diabetes Epidemic now Stands at 366 Million: Study

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

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.

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.

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.

Probably not is, sadly, the short answer.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

The United States sent a representative for the first time to the annual memorial service for victims of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, one of two nuclear attacks that led Japan to surrender in World War II.

A new hormone test may be able to predict female fertility, allowing women to chart what age they can have children until, according to research.

Cancer patients could significantly increase their chance of survival by taking part in regular exercise during and after their treatment, according to a report from Macmillan Cancer Support.

Mouse sperm made from stem cells and used to treat infertile mice marks a step forward for regenerative medicine, according to researchers in Japan.

A charity set up a hoax website telling people they could get a sun tan from their computer screens in order to raise awareness of skin cancer.

Crimestoppers have compiled a list of the top ten most wanted fraudsters, who are believed to be responsible for at least £200 million worth of fraud between them.

Al-Megrahi, the man convicted of killing 270 people by bombing a Pan Am jet in 1988 was11 years later released from Greenock Prison by the Scottish government on compassionate grounds.