How can the woman seek treatment, while at the same time keeping in mind the well being of the fetus growing inside her? What is the standard accepted procedure in such cases? If the woman has just had a smear done, and the physician tells her that she is in the initial stages of cervical [...]

In a new case-control study of over 5000 women ranging in age from 21 to 75 who had already received breast cancer treatment were compared with a similar number of women who had not suffered from breast cancer. The study asked many health-related questions including the amounts of regular tea drunk by each person per [...]

It looks like a cross between an orange and a black pudding, but this genetically modified purple ‘super tomato’ could be the latest weapon in the fight against cancer. The fruit, which tastes and smells like a normal red tomato, has been given two genes from a snapdragon flower that produce the dark colour. The [...]

Reduce Your Risk Consider this number: 10 million. That’s how many cases of cancer are diagnosed worldwide each year. Now consider this number: 15 million. That’s how many cases of cancer the World Health Organization estimates will be diagnosed in the year 2020 — a 50 percent increase — if we don’t get our act [...]