Cancer

Data from the World Cancer Research Fund suggests that incidence of oesophageal cancer in the UK is almost double that of the European average.

Pooja Ravikumar Nov 15, 2011

Data suggests that the area in England with the highest surgical rates also had the highest survival statistics related to lung cancer. Researchers therefore estimated that over 5,400 lives could have been extended, if every area in the country operated on the same number of patients.

Aditya Rangroo Nov 15, 2011

Eating more fibre in the form of grains and cereals can reduce the risk of developing colorectal cancer which is more commonly known as bowel cancer, a study published by the BMJ has said .

Dipty Nair Nov 11, 2011

With the cat-out-of-the-bag that Apple's deceased co-founder Steve Jobs has been posthumously nominated for Time magazine's 2011 Person of the Year, the IBTimes takes you through the key reasons why the tech-guru doesn't deserve to win.

Alastair Stevenson Nov 10, 2011

Bowel screening reduces the number of deaths from bowel cancer in Scotland by over 25 per cent, claims a study conducted at the Cancer Research UK.

Aditya Rangroo Nov 09, 2011

A class of drugs used to treat breast cancers which overproduce a protein called HER2 could also treat other types of cancer - particularly head and neck cancers, claims a research at the Cancer Research Institute UK.

Aditya Rangroo Nov 09, 2011

The Someone Like You singer underwent vocal chord microsurgery to stop recurrent bleeding haemorrhaged vocal chord

Toyin Owoseje Nov 08, 2011

Damaging a cell's nucleolus could eliminate cancer cells by raising the levels of a crucial tumour prevention protein, experts have said.

Aditya Rangroo Nov 08, 2011

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier has died.

Ben Moss Nov 08, 2011

Boxing stars pay homage to the legendary boxer after he loses battle with cancer; he will be remembered as one of Mohamed Ali’s greatest opponents.

Toyin Owoseje Nov 08, 2011

Research conducted at the University of Nottingham has revealed that cancer cells with faulty BRCA genes can be killed by blocking a key DNA damage-repair enzyme called APE1.

Aditya Rangroo Nov 07, 2011

A study funded by Cancer Research UK has revealed that cervical cancer in women in their 20s rose by over 40 percent between 1992 and 2006 in England, despite the overall incidence of cervical cancer falling by 30 percent.

Aditya Rangroo Nov 05, 2011

With Steve Jobs new biography revealing yet more choice-remarks from Apple's now deceased chairman towards Microsoft's founder, Bill Gates has issued his own statement forgiving his long-time rival and friend.

Nov 01, 2011

A study conducted by Oxford University researchers reveals that the cost of dementia across 15 western European countries came up to £165 billion in 2007.

Nov 01, 2011

Mona Simpson, the author and sister of the late Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs revealed the final words of her brother at a memorial service at Stanford University.

Oct 31, 2011

Cancer Research UK warns that the NHS must start planning now to deal with a predicted leap of 45 per cent in the number of new cancer cases in the UK over the next two decades

Oct 31, 2011

The funeral of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Sultan on Tuesday set the stage for the nomination of a new heir, widely expected to be interior minister Prince Nayef, at a time where the Kingdom has seen increasing demand for reforms.

Oct 25, 2011

A critically endangered species of rhino has been poached to extinction in Vietnam, with the last Javan rhino found dead with its horn cut off.

Oct 25, 2011

Rupert Murdoch's News International is to pay the family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler £2 million (US$3.2 million), with another £1 million going to charity following the phone hacking scandal.

Oct 21, 2011

There is no longer any reason to worry about correlation between mobile phones and the development of cancerous cells a new study suggests.

Oct 21, 2011

Walter Isaacson's forthcoming biography of Apple's iconic co-founder Steve Jobs revealed that the i-series of devices creator stalled his surgery, believing alternative treatments could cure his cancer.

Oct 21, 2011

NASA have said that the hole in ozone layer above the Antarctica remains significantly large.

Oct 21, 2011

A taxi driver from Torquay has become the first person for 3,000 years to be mummified in the same way as the pharaohs

Oct 18, 2011

Ancient Egyptian mummies are no more a thing of the past. In a first-of-its-kind scientific study, British scientists will attempt to mummify the body of a recently deceased Devon taxi driver. The project, intended to test out knowledge of a chemical process used 3,000 years ago by the Egyptians, will be carried out on the body of Alan Billis, 61, from Torquay.

Oct 18, 2011

Scientists have discovered that people who are very optimistic about the outcome of events could in fact have a "faulty" brain.

Oct 10, 2011

Scientists have discovered a mechanism that causes an aggressive from of lung cancer to re-grow despite being treated with chemotherapy.

Oct 10, 2011

Steve Jobs, when he was stricken with terminal cancer and too ill to even climb the stairs during the last days of his life, reportedly opened up about his private life.

Oct 07, 2011

Steve Jobs, despite knowing the fact that he had been dying, had worked for more than a year on the products that, according to him, would safeguard Apple's future.

Oct 07, 2011

With Apple's iconic co-founded now deceased, the IBTimes pays tribute to the tech-genius, sharing a video showing Steve Jobs discuss his fears and beliefs about dying.

Oct 06, 2011

Steve Jobs Dead: Key Events in His Life (PHOTOS)

Oct 06, 2011