Cervical cancer: - A vaccine that glaxo thinks is great - Cervical cancer is invariably caused by the HPV (human papillomavirus) infection. Globally around 470,000 new cases are reported every year, and the...

Case study: Cervical abnormalities - I read with interest your articles about cervical cancer in young women. My 18 year old daughter, after months of pains in her abdomen, went to a spe...

Folic acid: how much is much? - Health regulators in the UK and the US are arguing over the levels of folic acid that should be included in food to reduce the risks of spina bifida i...

Folic acid link to heart disease - A lack of folic acid has been identified as a major cause of heart disease, along with smoking, diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure) and chole...

Folic acid prevents clefts - Expectant mothers are already encouraged to take folic acid from one month before birth to help prevent neural tube defects. But new research also sho...

Virus discounted in cervical cancer - The belief that a virus that causes genital warts is also the cause of cervical cancer has been discounted following a study of 200 women. ...

Folic acid for pregnancy - Medicine is finally waking up to the benefits of pre conceptual care. ...

Deafness: Folic acid can protect your hearing as you grow older - Folic acid can help protect your hearing as you age, a new study has found. Participants aged between 50 and 70 years who were given a folic acid supp...