Alex Warwick is a medical student, but doctors still dismissed worrying symptoms as stress and health anxiety. Here, he and his father Ian talk to Victoria Young about how serious red flags were misse ...

In 1999, an artwork of a dishevelled divan strewn with condoms and lager cans sparked a media frenzy and turned artist Tracey Emin into a celebrity. Why? And what happened next?

Wales’ health and education systems are underperforming compared to England, despite significant increases in spending, an influential think tank has said.

Scientists at MIT and Stanford have unveiled a promising new way to help the immune system recognize and attack cancer cells more effectively. Their strategy targets a hidden “off switch” that tumors ...

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. An increasing number of people are dying of colorectal cancer at a young age, including those as young as 20. Actor James Van Der Beek, who was ...

A breakthrough AI system is revolutionizing cancer immunotherapy by enabling scientists to design protein-based keys that train a patient s immune cells to attack cancer with extreme precision. This ...

Alex's dad Ian told the Independent he drove through the night from Dorset to Liverpool after the medical student was rushed to hospital and said his friends getting him there probably saved his life.

This whole longevity thing – is it a trend now or something?’ Rita Ora asks me. Her deadpan delivery leaves in its wake a few seconds where I wonder if I should confirm that, yes, the multi-trillion ...

Shining a spotlight on the remarkable work taking place across the University and the innovative ways our community is living this year’s theme of Give to Gain.

In the long and often dispiriting quest to cure cancer, the 1998 approval of the drug Herceptin was a tremendously hopeful moment. This drug for breast cancer was the first to use a tumor-specific ...

Even the most intelligent humans have their "dumb" moments, and that's all good. But reading their stories can be ...

Carl Vaernet (born 1893) was a Danish medical doctor and a strong supporter of the Nazis, for whom homosexuality was a threat ...