Mar 26 : Covering up those greying hair roots with dyes is injurious to hairdressers and barbers’ health, for a new study has found that hair dyes can increase cancer risk.

Mar 26 : Scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College have identified a new form of inherited risk of cancer that may help in predicting susceptibility to the disease.

March 26 : Scientists say that exposure to low levels of radon gas, which generally percolates out of the ground into basements, seems to reduce the risk of developing lung

Mar 26 : Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) increases the risk of disease recurrence in breast cancer survivors, warns a new study.

Mar 26 : Researchers already know that a glass or two of red wine a day is good for the heart. Now, they’ve found that a naturally occurring antioxidant in grape and wine can help

Jan 2 : Scientists have traced a genetic mutation linked to colon cancer to an English couple who arrived in the North American colonies in about 1630.

Jan 1 : Researchers at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have proposed a suited-to-all, three-drug cocktail treatment for a type of brain tumor called glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).

Jan 1 : Your morning gargle could be more than a breath freshener, for researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Centre have said that it can help spot head and neck cancer.

Jan 1 : Scientists have discovered a potential target for anti-lung cancer drugs, by identifying a gene called 14-3-3zeta, which when silenced, doesn’t allow lung cancer cells to survive.

Dec 23 : Most general surgeons do not discuss reconstruction with patients before surgical breast cancer treatment, a study has found.