Cervical cancer linked to use of contraceptive pill

Many women who are on the contraceptive pill for more than five years could triple or quadruple their risk of developing cervical cancer, according to researchers.

Abortions rise in under-age sex crisis

Morning-after pill, lessons in family planning and early puberty are all blamed for soaring pregnancies

Living dangerously

When Trish Coates was diagnosed with leukaemia at the age of 22, she opted for a radical new treatment: a stem cell transplant.

Brain scans show art and science in true colours

Artist and professor get inside view of their differing mindsets as images go on show in exhibition at Museum of Science.