A warm-up program that focuses on improving strength, balance, core stability and muscular awareness cuts injury in female footballers by a third and severe injuries by almost a half, according to new research.

Nonhormonal treatment regimens, including anthracycline-based regimens and taxanes, have improved overall survival in women with advanced (metastatic or recurrent inoperable) breast cancer over the last 35 years, according to a systematic review in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

The first-line test in patients with a suspicion of cardiovascular disease -- including arterial disease and heart failure -- should now be echocardiography, according to an expert.

Scientists have answered a central question in cancer biology: Whether normal stem cells can give rise to tumors. Stem cells are immature cells that can renew themselves and give rise to mature differentiated cells that compose the range of body

TRADITIONAL Christmas favourites like mulled wine and dark chocolate could provide health benefits, dieticians said yesterday.

Artificial bone marrow that can continuously make red and white blood cells has been created in a lab. This development could lead to simpler pharmaceutical drug testing, closer study of immune system defects and a continuous supply of blood for

PLAYING ball games as a teenager can help keep bones healthy for more than 40 years, researchers have found.

THE Scottish Government is to crack down on the use of cigarette vending machines by youngsters, it was confirmed today.

Research scientists using a novel, hand-operated robotic device and functional MRI have found that chronic stroke patients can be rehabilitated. This is the first study using fMRI to map the brain in order to track stroke rehabilitation.

THE Scottish Government has reached a £1 million settlement with a drugs company over the alleged price fixing of medicines.

Repeated miscarriages and hormone treatment for infertility give an increased risk of pre-eclampsia among pregnant women, according to a study of more than 20,000 first-time mothers in Norway.

A SECOND case of a patient being given an overdose of radiation at the Beatson Cancer Centre in Glasgow has emerged.

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Findings from one of the largest cancer chemoprevention trials ever conducted have concluded that selenium and vitamin E taken alone or in combination for an average of five and a half years did not prevent prostate cancer, according to a

Using novel imaging, labeling and data-analysis techniques, scientists have been able to visualize, for the first time, large numbers of cells moving en masse during some of the earliest stages of embryonic development.

Smoking during the first trimester of pregnancy is clearly linked with an increased risk of cleft lip in newborns. Genes that play a role in detoxification of cigarette smoke do not appear to be involved, according to a new study.

MRI brain scans should be included as a diagnostic test for early Alzheimer's disease, experts conclude.

If you're looking for a little help shedding extra pounds after the holidays, the government is warning you to stay away from nearly 30 weight-loss products that contain unlisted and possibly dangerous ingredients.

Pop superstar Michael Jackson may need a lung transplant due to a genetic condition called alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, according to media reports.

A new study shows older women who participated in weight-bearing activities like running, volleyball and tennis during adolescence have stronger bones later in life those women who didn't play sports or did only non-weight bearing exercise like swimming.