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Full uptake of cervical cancer screening could save hundreds of lives

Monitoring prostate cancer results in the same 10-year survival rate as treating it

E-cigarettes can help people to stop smoking, says new research

Vape to quit

Gentle beams of light could replace electric shocks in treatment of heart disorders

Revolutionary 3D bone-scanning technique devised

Statin therapy review finds benefits repeatedly underestimated and the harms exaggerated

Teenage weight gain down to dramatic drop in number of calories they burn

New discovery paves way for targeted treatment for oesophageal cancer

Toxic pollution particles found in the brain could cause Alzheimer’s disease.

Whole brain radiotherapy is of little benefit to people with lung cancer that has spread to the brain

Largest biomedical research building in Europe opens in London

The more we know about a subject, the easier we are to deceive

New Parkinson’s disease test could aid early detection and diagnosis

Women are 50 per cent more likely than men to be given incorrect diagnosis following a heart attack

Rapid test that differentiates between bacterial and viral infections in development