Last week's letter from a woman in despair prompted a flood of replies from readers who have fought their way back to a fulfilled, happy life, writes Lesley Garner.

One of the many unknowns facing women who are diagnosed with breast cancer is predicting the likelihood that the cancer will spread to other parts of the body -- metastasize. Researchers from UC San Diego are looking to change that.

Some men should have sex every day to maximise the chances of their partner conceiving, a study suggests.

Those living in wealthier areas of England are more likely to drink "hazardous" levels of alcohol, a study suggests.

When aging hampers memory, some people's brains compensate to stay sharp. Now scientists want to know how those brains make do — in hopes of developing treatments to help everyone else keep up.

A rare tropical fungus that has infected more than 100 people since it appeared in British Columbia six years ago has crossed the border into Whatcom County, health officials say.

The missing link between aging and why some people continue to have sharper brain power while others slow down over time.

British researchers found that even the anticipation of taking a nap can lower blood pressure and risk of heart attack.

Researchers at Stanford University say they have developed a blood test that can identify Alzheimer's diseas.

THE chairman of the hospital trust at the centre of a killer bug scandal apologised "unreservedly" last night after resigning from his position.

HEALTH professionals would not normally complain about couch potatoes getting some exercise.

PROFESSOR John Eagles, a consultant at Aberdeen's Royal Cornhill Hospital, has contributed a chapter on seasonal affective disorder (SAD) to the UK's first encyclopaedia on mental health for the general public.

PARENTS are being exploited by a scheme which allows them to store stem cells from spare IVF embryos, Britain's leading fertility expert said yesterday.

THE songs ringing from the corrugated iron roof sound melodic enough, but the message is deadly serious. These women at a health clinic in Malawi are singing about the dangers of unprotected sex in a country suffering an AIDS epidemic.

EVERY few months, a very depressing thing happens - the latest figures on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Scotland are published.

THE chief executive of NHS 24 has quit less than two weeks after a sheriff ruled the death of a child could have been avoided.

A rare tropical fungus that has infected more than 100 people since it appeared in British Columbia six years ago has crossed the border into Whatcom County, health officials say. Cryptococcus gattii, invisible to the naked eye and found mostly

ewswire-USNewswire/ -- AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today criticized Merck and Co. Pharmaceuticals, for the announced price for its key new HIV/AIDS drug, Isentress (raltegravir), an integrase inhibitor approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Friday, and priced by the