Couples are more likely to give up smoking, visit the gym, or lose weight if they get healthy together, a study has found.

Healthy people should be encouraged to take a daily dose of aspirin to ward off cancer, according to the leader of a new study highlighting the drug’s benefits.

High factor suncream can not be relied on to protect against the deadliest form of skin cancer, new research has suggested.

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

Claims that the latest research shows there is no link between high voltage overhead powerlines and childhood leukaemia have been blasted as dishonest by a leading expert in the field.