Womb cancer: the most common diagnosis you’ve never heard of

Womb cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women, yet there is very little awareness about it. Daloni Carlisle, who was diagnosed with the disease last year, explains the symptoms and treatment options

Britons spend a year of their lives hungover. Time for a sober October?

Macmillan Cancer Support estimates – conservatively – that the average person in the UK spends 315 days in a self-inflicted fug. Here’s your chance to give your liver a break

Walking a mile a day can cut risk of dying from cancer by 40% – study

Exercise can reduce chance of dying from breast or prostate cancer and help with treatment side-effects, says Macmillan

Does a daily aspirin prevent cancer?

A study suggests that an aspirin a day can help prevent colon, oesophagus and stomach cancers. So should we all be self-medicating? Luisa Dillner investigates

Expanding waistlines will cause 3,500 more cancers each year, study finds

Scientists hope that linking 12,000 cancers each year to people being overweight will spark more action against obesity

The vasectomy-cancer link made me wince. But ignorance is the real danger

James Mackenzie: Vasectomies increase the risk of prostate cancer, a survey has found. But for men the taboo about discussing sexual health is perhaps a bigger threat