Source of common kidney cancers discovered
August 10th 2018 - The cancer cells responsible for the most common childhood and adult kidney cancers have been identified, British researchers announced last night.

138 million women suffer from recurrent thrush
August 3rd 2018 - An estimated 138 million women across the world suffer from recurrent thrush, according to a research review by University of Manchester scientists.

Hepatitis Day's elimination aim
July 27th 2018 - World Hepatitis Day is to centre on Mongolia tomorrow as the country grapples with high rates of infection.

Diet, but not supplements, prevents cancer - studies
July 20th 2018 - A healthy diet may help prevent cancer – but some supplements and alternative therapies offer no benefits, according to a series of studies reported today.

Heatwave horsefly risk warning
July 13th 2018 - High levels of horseflies amid the human population could test the limits of antibiotics, campaigners warn today.

Cannabis medicine hope for pancreatic cancer
July 2018 - Researchers have hailed a “remarkable” research finding that could have a significant impact on people being treated for pancreatic cancer.

Call for consultation on Down's screening ethics
June 2018 - Britain needs a proper national consultation on the use of the new non-invasive pre-natal tests for risk of Down’s syndrome, doctors have said.

Gene increases alcohol cardiomyopathy risk
May 2018 - A gene variant linked to heart failure may amplify the risks from alcohol drinking, British researchers have reported.

NAT10 defence for genetic disease?
April 2018 - A potential target has been identified that could benefit sufferers of a rare genetic disease that causes premature ageing.

Ovary transplant baby born
September 24th 2004 - The first baby has been born to a woman who underwent an ovary transplant, it was announced today.

Celebrations and questions over Tamara birth
September 27th 2004 - The birth of a baby to a woman who had an ovarian transplant has created hope for dozens of others - despite some scientific scepticism.

Bioterrorism alert as physicians from Australasia and Thailand meet
May 6th - 8th 2002 - News Special from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Brisbane.

Creativity or mental chaos - debated at international psychiatric conference
July 9th 2001 - The links between psychiatry and the arts are to be celebrated at a conference which starts in London today.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has teamed up with the World Psychiatric Association to stage the event: "2001: A Mind Odyssey".

Cover-ups that led to spread of mad cow disease
October 26th 2000 - The epidemic of so-called mad cow disease in the United Kingdom probably sprang from a genetic mutation in an animal in the early 1970s, according to a government report.

Curing bubble babies
June 27th 2000 - Two doctors spoke today of the remarkable treatments they have devised for two once incurable blood conditions - and how they hoped they could lead to more cures.