Tiger Woods will command the headlines as the former world number one returns to competitive golf at the Quicken Loans National at Congressional this week.

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

Motorists typically have their eyes off the road for a tenth of the time they are driving, a study has shown.

Motorists typically have their eyes off the road for a tenth of the time they are driving, a study has revealed.

An important step towards an effective malaria vaccine has been taken by scientists who protected volunteers from the bites of disease- carrying mosquitoes.

Former US president George H.W. Bush has been admitted to a hospital intensive care unit “following a series of setbacks including a persistent fever”, but he is alert and talking to medical staff, his spokesman said.

When dead sea mammals started washing ashore on Canada’s west coast in greater numbers, marine biologist Andrew Trites was distressed to find domestic animal diseases were killing them.

WHATEVER about his US Open chances this week, Rory McIlroy has been backed by Ernie Els to change the face of golf once he makes his major breakthrough.

Tiger Woods hopes to compete in the US Open next month as he continues his battle to return to peak fitness following knee and Achilles injuries.

A “UNIVERSAL” flu vaccine that protects against many strains of the virus for decades may be only three years away.

Helen Thomas, the veteran White House correspondent who grilled and often exasperated 10 presidents, has quit abruptly in a storm over “reprehensible” remarks about Israel.

Accused Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Malik Hasan was coherent during his first meeting with his defence lawyer in a hospital intensive care unit.

IN retrospect, the signs of Major Nidal Malik Hasan’s growing anger over the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan seem unmistakable.

AFTER mistaken reports in the aftermath of the shooting at Fort Hood in Texas that the gunmen responsible for the killings was shot dead, it has emerged that suspect Nadil Malik Hasan is alive and being treated at the base hospital.

The Texas army camp massacre gunman was being investigated for possible links to an extremist website, it emerged today.

Stocks mostly fell today but ended off their lows as investors moved into technology and health care shares.

Tournament host Tiger Woods took charge at the AT&T National at Congressional Country Club on Friday but a back-nine collapse put paid to Paul Casey's hopes of competing over the weekend.

Tournament host Tiger Woods turned up the heat on defending champion Anthony Kim by taking the clubhouse lead in the second round of the AT&T National at Congressional Country Club today.

Tiger Woods welcomes the PGA Tour to his AT&T National tournament at Congressional Country Club near Washington DC tomorrow looking to be the worst host possible.

PUTTING on weight throughout adulthood can increase a woman’s risk of breast cancer in middle age, research has shown.

US President George Bush signed a bill to pay for military operations in Iraq after a bitter struggle with Democrats in Congress who sought unsuccessfully to tie the money to US troop withdrawals.

Overdosing on vitamins can increase the risk of deadly prostate cancer, new research suggests.

A Muslim group based in Jordan has called for the death of the American author of a book intended to introduce Jews to the Islamic faith, a spokesman for the book’s publisher said yesterday.