The truth about breast cancer
One in eight women will now develop breast cancer, according to new research. It's a startling figure. But how accurate is it – and what can be done to lessen the risk?
How vegetables can give you that golden glow
Scientists prove that your five a day make you more attractive – by subtly altering your skin colour
Flu breakthrough promises a vaccine to kill all strains
British team's success with jab that targets proteins common to every type of flu virus
Retuning the brain may cure tinnitus, finds study
Research in rats suggests that stimulating a nerve in the brain could help stop persistent ringing in the ears
Smokers’ brains light up during smoking scenes in movies and on TV
Brain areas associated with smoking a cigarette are activated when smokers watch an actor light up on screen
How an Irish giant and an 18th-century surgeon could help people with growth disorders
Ireland is a land of giants, but could a genetic variation be behind the myth? And could it help people with growth disorders?
Online IVF calculator will predict chances of fertility treatment success
Web resource based on five years of medical records aims to tell women their likelihood of giving birth with 99% accuracy
Midwives condemn ‘campaign against home births’
Researchers scare women into thinking home birth is not a safe option, says Royal College of Midwives
Scientists conclude mouse virus does not cause ME
Hopes of breakthrough dashed as four papers conclude virus originating in mice is not the cause of chronic fatigue syndrome
Sperm stem cells can be turned into insulin-making cells to treat diabetes
Human sperm stem cells have been transformed into beta-islet cells, which could be used to produce insulin in diabetes patients