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Randy Hillard, pictured on a street in San Francisco

Health

The price of my life: $1.6 million and counting

Randy Hillard owes his survival to a very expensive drug – but is it fair that big pharma can often charge what it likes for life-saving treatment, he asks

Features

Musical: A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer

Health

A new London musical will change the way we think about cancer

Culture

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Health

Why men should ignore Ben Stiller's call for cancer test

Analysis

Baby breastfeeding

Health

Your boobs start to eat themselves after breastfeeding is over

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Breast cancer cell

Health

Body clock gene may help lethal spread of breast cancer

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The dust from the Twin Towers falling

Health

Deaths from 9/11-related illness are set to exceed initial toll

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Women exercising

Health

Doing exercise may counteract some of alcohol’s deadly effects

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Technology

Nanobots could swarm like bats to hunt out brain tumours

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artist's impression of a tumour with a laser shining on it

Health

Laser made from human blood could help hunt down tumours

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mammogram

Health

Why do women keep taking HRT despite breast cancer risks?

A new analysis suggests hormone replacement therapy increases the risk of developing breast cancer even more than we thought. Will women keep taking it?

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Health

Three questions to ask your doctor before any treatment

Features

Health

The scary reality of medical U-turns, and how to stop them

Features

Health

Counting genetic mutations predicts how soon you’ll get cancer

News

Health

Fossil tumour is oldest evidence of human cancer discovered yet

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