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As Men's Health Week lands, one charity is urging black men to be more aware of the increased risk of developing prostate cancer they face.

A new study explains why we struggle to keep track of more than one conversation at a dinner party.

The obesity-related risks also vary across cancer types, like bowel, oesophageal, and liver cancer.

A medical expert has explained which 'silent' symptoms we should look out for and what type of cancer they could be a sign of

Prostate cancer kills more than 12,000 men a year in the UK with 475,000 currently living with or having suffered from it

Dr Anisha Patel has urged patients to check their poo before they flush - it can be the only way to spot the warning signs of the deadly disease

A spectacularly detailed study about human uniqueness in just one trait has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, jointly by 105 authors from 70 institutions in 15 countries. They focused on reproductive success, defined as the number of surviving offspring, and on the differences between…

Retired research scientist Christopher Harrisson denied killing 32-year-old Brenda Page in Aberdeen a year after the couple were divorced.

International researchers found that mice and monkeys who took the supplement had their life extended by up to 12 per cent

Taking taurine supplements has been shown to reverse key ageing markers in mice.

‘We think scalp hair provided a passive mechanism to reduce the amount of heat gained from solar radiation’