Health

Biggs health deteriorating says son

Great train robber Ronnie Biggs could die if he does not respond to current treatment, his son said today. Biggs, 79, who was refused parole yesterday, is being treated in a hospital in Norwich after being moved from a nearby...

Appeal for funds to fight curse of brain tumours

Where is the money to help young cancer victims, campaigners ask Brain tumours have become the biggest cause of death among young cancer patients, but the disease receives only a small fraction of the funding spent on...

Scots take 'sun-fry' cancer risk

Sun-lovers were urged to use cream and spend some time in the shade Scots have an unhealthy approach to sunbathing and the highest risk of contracting skin cancer in the UK, researchers have warned. The study by the Royal...

Obama's future depends upon his nation's health | Martin Kettle

American voters want healthcare overhauled. But reform is a high stakes game that can wound the president American healthcare remains a mystery to most Europeans. Many of us are vaguely aware that there is a problem with the US...

Boys should be given cervical cancer vaccine says BMA

Boys should be given the cervical cancer vaccine as well as girls in order to protect both sexes against sexually transmitted infections, doctors said. By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor Boys should be given cervical cancer...

Life with a control order: a wives' story

It is still fresh in my mind the day the police came to arrest my husband – it was the 19 December 2001. They broke down the door and forced their way into our home while I was still in my night dress. They were pointing their...

Revolutionary care

Young victims continue to receive treatment in Cuba two decades after Ukrainian nuclear disaster Eleven-year-old Olga enters the beach house in flip-flops, her hair still wet from a dip in the Caribbean. "I really like it...

Pathologist in Ian Tomlinson death case suspended from Home Office register

• Two investigations into professional conduct • Met police alerted officials about Patel in 2004 The pathologist who said Ian Tomlinson died of natural causes at the G20 protests has been suspended from an official government...

Not just pills and condoms | Anne Weyman

Messages on preventing pregnancy and disease have left better forms of contraception ignored The vast majority of women in the UK spend more than 30 years of their lives trying to avoid becoming pregnant. Contraception has been...

In the firing line for abortion

To play this content JavaScript must be turned on and the latest Flash player installed. Latest Flash player available here Play in either Real OR Windows Media players Dr George Tiller was shot dead in church on the 31st May...

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