Heat seeking cancer
Mammograms, or X-ray pictures of the breast, have been used for decades to detect early stage cancers. They are a…
cancer
A national health concierge service
As a busy GP, I am fully aware and exposed to the everyday pressures faced by our National Health Service,…
How the media distort health-science messages
Science has proven that eating processed meats is ‘as bad as smoking’. Men must watch their tea consumption or increase…
The biopsy debate
Many people with suspected cancer undergo biopsies to diagnose their condition; however, there are growing concerns that biopsies carry their…
Medical cannabis: snake oil or health solution?
Spend a bit of time browsing the internet for information about health conditions and you’ll eventually run across pages claiming…
Your risk of getting Cancer
As part of our regular series on the risks of getting common chronic diseases, we look at the risk of…
Longing for a healthy heart?
Men and women of the future will be feeling the effects of age-related health problems later in life, according to…
Dying Well?
In an age where medicine can do more than ever before to delay dying, is death sometimes now seen as…
Amazing cacti
They may be prickly to the touch and bitter to the taste, but cacti, and other spiky desert plants, have…
‘Silencer molecules’ switch off cancer’s ability to spread around body
Scientists have revealed that a key molecule in breast and lung cancer cells can help switch off the cancers’ ability to…