My cancer plan: poison in the fridge
Jo Beecham was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer in 2011. She keeps a stock of drugs ready so that she can choose when to die
Vasectomy raises risk of lethal prostate cancer, study shows
Danger seems to be highest among men who had a vasectomy before age 38, according to 24-year study of 50,000 men
The Shape We’re In review – sobering reflections on the obesity epidemic
Sarah Boseley's examination of the causes and consequences of obesity in the UK is salutary, but does not go far enough, writes Joanna Blythman
Experience: my dog found my cancer
Emilie Clark: 'None of the oncologists I met during my ordeal was sceptical about Mia's role in diagnosing my cancer – they have heard it before'
Does sunscreen prevent skin cancer?
Is a high-factor sunscreen enough protection against harmful rays, or should we cover up – or stay out of the sun altogether? Luisa Dillner reports
Patients can hurt doctors, too
Ranjana Srivastava: Doctors nearly always internalise insults that patients fling at them. This can have serious consequences to the quality of the healthcare they're able to provide
Breast cancer mammograms: overrated – and over-diagnosing women
Karuna Jaggar: It is time to radically re-think the flawed philosophy behind the 'early detection' tenet of the breast cancer awareness movement
Having cancer is not a fight or a battle
Why is military language used to describe cancer? These words are meant to help patients but can have the opposite effect, writes Kate Granger
England and Wales health atlas shows areas with high and low disease risk
Central London, north Norfolk and parts of Suffolk and Brighton and Hove revealed are healthiest places to live, say researchers
How do you know when it’s time to refuse treatment for incurable cancer?
Kate Granger was diagnosed with terminal cancer aged 29 and chose to have palliative chemotherapy to prolong her life
The nanotechnology in your sunscreen
Nanoparticles prevent skin cancer by absorbing UV light, without making your face feel 'cakey'. Here is how they do it
My brother’s brain surgery brought us back together
You don't expect to look after an adult sibling, but that's what Alex Shearer had to do when his brother got a brain tumour
Diets high in meat, eggs and dairy could be as harmful to health as smoking
People under 65 who eat a lot of meat, eggs and dairy are four times as likely to die from cancer or diabetes, study suggests
It’s time to kick the high-protein diet habit – before it kills you
Holly Baxter: Veggies, tuck into your hummus with glee – it's now almost impossible to deny that eating too much meat, dairy and eggs is unhealthy
Four women given pioneering womb transplants impregnated via IVF
Swedish medical team hoping for world first as women born without uterus or who lost it to cancer get embryo transfers