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For Matthew Spicer, August 2023 should have been one of the most exciting times of his life. Instead, he received a devastating cancer diagnosis.

A major study by the American Cancer Society estimated that four in ten cancer diagnoses in the US - more than 713,000 cases in 2019 - were linked to potentially preventable risk factors.

Health officials in Louisiana are issuing an urgent warning that using tap water to clean contact lenses could lead to deadly brain infections after one death and five cases of vision loss.

An international team of researchers, led by Brigham Young University, are issuing a new take on the classic food pyramid, with meat playing a surprisingly small role.

Researchers found that those using proton pump inhibitors for more than 30 days had a 58 per cent higher odds of problems like heart attack compared with people not taking them at all.

All women over 50 should be offered a trio of cheap drugs that could slash their risk of breast cancer, protect their heart and help ward off dementia, a leading cancer expert has said.

The day Em Wilkinson lost her sense of smell following a bout of Covid she had no idea how much of an impact it would have on her physical and mental health.

As a neurologist and movement disorders specialist, I have treated hundreds of patients facing an incurable condition that may have lurked under the surface for years.

Google 'healthy fry-up' and you'll find a generous helping of disappointment. With bacon banished, the banger swapped for tofu and the fried egg traded for a joyless egg-white omelette.

Social media is flooded with claims the hormone can treat symptoms - with women even posing as men to obtain prescriptions online.