Cancer drugs at risk as plant species die off
Medicines for HIV and cancer could be lost because plants used in their preparation are facing extinction, experts have warned
Playing doctors and nurses
Hepatitis, diabetes, cholesterol, chlamydia ... Go into any chemist today and there are shelves laden with home-testing kits. But are they a useful first-line tool for the well-worried, or a dangerous waste of time and money? Self-confessed hypochondriac John O'Connell puts his finger on the line
Blame it on the bacon
Mark Lawson: The latest commotion over diet and cancer suggests the hysteria bug has now infected doctors.
Study finds strong obesity cancer link
Research claims the overweight, heavy drinkers and those eating processed meats face greater risk of cancer.
Loved and lost
G2 columnist Dina Rabinovitch, who died yesterday aged 44, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004. As the cancer progressed - and she underwent increasingly experimental treatment - she wrote with honesty, courage and humour about the good times and the bad. Here, in extracts from her columns, we chart her journey from the shock of that first day to the final thoughts she shared about her adored family.
‘We’ve had war, we’ve had plagues, but never this … ‘
Dina Rabinovitch, who has breast cancer, on how it feels to be terminally ill when you are the mother of young children.
A sizeable problem
The Foresight report has produced a remarkable change of gear in the debate on obesity. The issue can no longer be ignored.
Is your beauty regime damaging your health?
Once again, studies are suggesting that chemicals used in cosmetics such as talc could increase the risk of cancer. Just how worried should we be, asks Kira Cochrane.
Armed with optimism
Alok Jha: New cancer figures shouldn't alarm us when knowledge about disease can help us reduce risk.