Chemotherapy often stops working because it doesn't kill cancer stem cells that fuel spread of tumours. Scientists have discovered a gene that encourages the spread of breast cancer. They believe the discovery...

Heartburn can make your life a misery. Meals become times of dread as you wait for the sharp, insistent pain that follows when acid seeps from the valve at the top of...

Heartburn can make your life a misery. Meals become times of dread as you wait for the sharp, insistent pain that follows when acid seeps from the valve at the top of...

Novartis AG (NOVN) won U.S. approval to market its cancer drug Afinitor for breast tumors, an achievement that may add more than $1 billion in annual sales. Afinitor was cleared for breast cancer patients whose...

A diabetes drug costing as  little as 2p a tablet could offer a major breakthrough in the treatment of prostate cancer. Research has shown that the medicine, called metformin, causes tumours to...

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has approved Arena Pharmaceutical’s anti-obesity pill Belviq, the first new prescription drug for long-term weight loss to enter the U.S. market in over a decade....

Utter confusion could result if the Supreme Court invalidates the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate while upholding other parts of the law, a physician expert predicted ahead of Thursday’s expected decision....