Offering smokers a taster session at an NHS (National Health Service) Stop Smoking Service and explaining their personal risk of developing smoking-related diseases doubles their likelihood of attending a stop smoking course, according to a study in The Lancet.

Giving men with suspected prostate cancer an MRI scan could improve diagnosis and save those who do not have aggressive cancers from having an unnecessary biopsy, according to a study published in The Lancet.

Dementia is more common in people who live within 50 metres of a major road than those who live further away, according to a study

An experimental Ebola vaccine was highly protective against the deadly virus in a major trial in Guinea, according to results published in The Lancet.

Reducing sugar content of high and mid sugar drinks is likely to have the greatest impact on health, with fewer cases of obesity,

Moving and visualising a phantom limb in augmented reality may help reduce phantom limb pain and how often amputees’ lives

A new study published in Diabetologia suggests that a ‘Sit Less’ intervention — breaking sitting with standing and light-intensity

The length of time donor lungs could be preserved prior to transplant could be safely extended to more than 12 hours — more

Estimates for 2015 suggest that 5.9 million children worldwide died before reaching the age of five, including 2.7 million

Every year 800,000 women die of cervical and breast cancer, but where a woman lives will largely determine her chance of

New data presented at this year’s International Early Psychosis Association (IEPA) meeting in Milan, Italy (20-22 October) adds to

Drinking two or more sweetened drinks per day could greatly increase your risk of diabetes, according to new research. In fact, it

Men with prostate cancer may be more likely to have the most serious form of the disease if their diet contains a lot of fat from

Wary of the stigma of a mental health diagnosis and its toll on their careers, physicians often avoid getting help for depression

A study published in the British Journal of Cancer states that many more lives of cervical cancer patients could possibly be saved

New research shows that daytime naps of over 1 hour or more increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 45% compared

A new Cochrane Review has found evidence from randomised trials that taking an oral vitamin D supplement in addition to

When people develop diabetes early in life they may also be more likely to experience heart problems in middle age, a study suggests.

Despite some criticism of bike helmets for not being protective enough, they do cut the risk of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI)

An experimental pill could help adults with severe asthma, an early study in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal suggests.