The Department of Agriculture had decided to halt use of glyphosate on food crops pending review, in line with Brussels. Why the change of heart, asks Caroline O’Doherty.

Roasting and frying starchy foods could increase the risk of cancer.

Roasting and frying starchy foods could increase the risk of cancer, a British Government body has said.

Childhood cancer is very rare — but not as rare as it used to be.

Very hot drinks probably cause cancer, an agency of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.

EU Commission plans to renew the licence for the glyphosate weed killer for another 15 years faced a new challenge last week, with MEPs delaying the process.

The World Health Organisation has sought to clarify its stance on the link between processed meat and colorectal cancer, saying it was not asking people to stop eating the products.

Global health experts are to warn that bacon, ham and sausages are as big a cancer threat as cigarettes.

The risk a substance poses depends on its inherent capacity to cause harm and one’s exposure to it, but some seem unable to grasp this concept, writes Henry I Miller

People who engage in light or moderate drinking every day are at an increased risk of cancer, a study has found.

You know when you're in the midst of an argument, and have that moment when you realise you've backed yourself into a corner?

The Health Minister Leo Varadkar has announced a ban on so-called "happy hours" for sunbed use.

A leading cancer research organisation has hit out at a recent study which attributes cancer to ‘bad luck’.

Health Minister, Leo Varadkar has delivered on a government promise made three years ago to extend BreastCheck screening to women aged 65 to 69 next year.

People under 18 will be banned from using sunbeds from July, in an effort to curb Ireland’s growing skin cancer rates.

The organisation representing naval ratings has demanded a thorough examination of all the Naval Service’s older ships to ensure they are asbestos-free.

TODAY is the 10th anniversary of the smoking ban coming into force.

Smoking increases the risk of breast cancer in older women by almost a fifth, a study has found.

Cancer’s global death toll is tipped to explode in the next two decades, rising from an estimated 8.2m to 13m deaths per year by 2025, according to a new report.

THE villages and townlands of Dungourney, Clonmult, Lisgoold and Leamlara lie about 13km north of Midleton in East Cork.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said outdoor air pollution is a leading cause of cancer in humans.

MY teenager daughter just loves her new mobile phone.

A WORKING group of experts has concluded that mobile phones could “possibly” cause brain cancer.

Mobile phone users could be increasing their chances of developing brain cancer, experts have warned.

A RESPECTED international panel of experts said mobile phones are possible cancer-causing agents, putting them in the same category as the pesticide DDT, petrol engine exhaust and coffee.

A major international study into the link between mobile phone use and brain cancer has proved inconclusive.

UP TO a third of breast cancer cases in Western countries could be avoided if women ate less and exercised more, researchers at a conference on breast cancer said yesterday.

Up to a third of breast cancer cases in Western countries could be avoided if women ate less and exercised more, researchers claimed today.

People who have more vitamin D in their blood are less likely to develop bowel cancer than those with low levels, researchers said today.

We kind of know instinctively, without having to test the proposition, that if you laid out a few rashers of bacon on a sunbed and switched on for an hour, they would probably come out crispy and golden. If you don’t know that, you’re probably too far gone in a sea of calories and computer games to care

SUNBED use in Ireland must be regulated after new research found the cancer risk is as great as smoking, the Irish Cancer Society has warned.

The Irish Cancer Society says the use of sunbeds should be banned in Ireland after a new study revealing they are as harmful as cigarettes and asbestos.

ANYONE who has noticed someone who has spent too long on a sunbed will not be surprised that sunbeds can increase the chances of developing skin tumours by 75% and pose the “highest” risk of cancer.

Cancer will overtake heart disease as the world’s top killer by 2010, international health experts said today.

NICOTINE either absorbed by smoking cigarettes or inhaling second-hand smoke may promote tumour growth and the spread of breast cancer, a study has found.