Men have been warned not to take a pair of popular vitamin and mineral supplements after research showed they can dramatically increase the risk of life-threatening prostate cancer.

Chemotherapy can backfire by helping healthy body cells to fuel treatment-resistant cancer and growth, research has shown.

FEMALE migraine sufferers are at a significantly lower risk of breast cancer, a study published yesterday has suggested.

Americans Richard Axel and Linda Buck have won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine today for their work in studying odorant receptors and the organisation of the olfactory system in human beings.

SMOKERS and ex-smokers soon will be able to predict their risk of lung cancer