The Argentine Senate passes a law that gives terminally ill patients the right to refuse

One in six cancers – two million a year globally – are caused by largely treatable or preventable infections, new estimates

It may be possible to “shield” the body from the damaging effects of chemotherapy by using stem cells, according to early results from a US

Most deaths of young children around the world are from mainly preventable infectious causes, experts

A government review into the PIP breast implant scandal has found “serious lessons” must be

A panel of US health experts recommends formal approval of Truvada, a drug to prevent HIV infection in healthy

Just one in five Britons is eating the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, a poll for World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF)

Editors of all 19 worldwide editions of the magazine jointly pledge not to use models younger than 16 or those they believe have an eating

A 10-year-old girl, Eliana Mann, has had a tumour weighing more than 3kg removed in an operation at Great Ormond Street

What may be the earliest direct example of insect pollination of plants has been identified by scientists in 100-million-year-old amber blocks from

The vast majority of airlines are conforming to EU rules on reporting carbon dioxide emissions, despite a number of protests and

Plans are to be accelerated to deal with one of the most controversial areas of the Dounreay nuclear

The founder of US-based anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd, Paul Watson, appears in court in Germany, where he faces extradition to Costa

The genetic disorder that caused cancer

Results from a BBC experiment into musicality suggest people without musical training often underestimate their