61 h. ago Not all fat is the same... where yours collects could signal an increased risk of an array of diseases

Obesity has long been known as a risk factor for a host of diseases like cancer and dementia, but researchers now say that where the body stores fat could be even more influential.

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66 h. ago Teen given cancer diagnosis after lump in his neck was mistaken for tonsillitis

Tyler Hemming has been diagnosed with Stage Four Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

Science

3 d. ago Boy, 13, told lump was tonsillitis has cancer 'all over his body'

Tyler Hemming has been diagnosed with Stage Four Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Science

4 d. ago ‘Our babies were taken away in cardboard boxes and effectively put into landfill'

When Gina Jacobs gave birth to her precious stillborn baby boy, he was immediately taken away and she was told he would be given a proper burial. It was a devastating lie...

Politics

6 d. ago Simple steroid creams 'could help the body fight cancer' in unexpected discovery

Patients whose tumours show stronger signs of being able to respond to steroids live longer, the study outlines

Politics

1 week ago Florida couple suspected of leaving a child along a highway with guns and cash: ‘Take care of the house’

The boy was told they were traveling “either to Guam or Idaho”

Society

2 w. ago Clare Balding's famous wife after body transformation and cancer diagnosis

The popular BBC Sport presenter is taking on a new challenge after more than 30 years in broadcasting, as she joins other famous faces in the cast of The Celebrity Traitors

Science

2 w. ago 'The doctor told me it was a boy. I cried for days': Middle class mothers with  'gender disappointment' will baffle anyone who has longed for a healthy baby

One mother all too familiar with gender disappointment is Chloe, from South London, who runs a parenting blog and has four sons.

Science

2 w. ago How to get rid of unsightly skintags: They start as flat bumps then grow to hang from the body. Now doctors reveal what really works to banish them

Often confused with warts, which tend to be harder and rougher - or moles, which tend to be flatter and a different colour from skin - skin tags are usually harmless and don't hurt.

Politics

3 w. ago The 5p drug that could stop breast cancer returning by wiping out deadly 'sleeper cells' that lurk in the body after treatment

A drug that costs 5p per tablet and is already widely used to treat malaria may also cut the chances of breast cancer recurring.

Events

3 w. ago I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih review – a vivid testament to a life lived hornily

Nottingham ContemporaryLife is short, so let’s spend the time we’ve got having sex, the late artist seems to suggest in surreal and defiant paintingsMurni’s world is one of rampant shagging, unbridled hormones and irrepressible desire. Murni – or I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih, to go by her full name – was a Balinese artist who shrugged off all the norms and expectations that life chucked at her and instead made art with total abandon. By the time she died aged 39 in 2006, taken by ovarian cancer, she’d left behind a body of ultra-simple, mega-bold, hyper-colourful painting that functions as a testament to a life lived honestly, independently and very, very hornily.The earlier works here are stranger and more enigmatic than what comes later. Murni paints hybrid figures, half-plant, half-human, part-animal, part-woman. Branches grow out of bare bums, heads poke out of scale-covered fish bodies, long limbs loop and distend, bodies twist and undulate. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Brits ‘not regularly checking for cancer that kills thousands every year’ – the 7 symptoms you may not have heard of

BEING familiar with what is normal for your own body is important for detecting potential signs of cancer early. But almost half (45 per cent) if women in the UK aren't regularly checking their breasts for potential signs of cancer, a new poll suggests. Charity Breast Cancer Now said the finding is a “serious cause for concern”...

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