Cancer of the oesophagus, or gullet, is curable but in most cases the outlook is poor. Latest available figures show that in 1996 a total of 7,064 people in the UK were diagnosed with the disease ...

Yuusuf, a 42-year-old shopkeeper in Wajir town, recalls the first sign something was wrong: a persistent difficulty in swallowing.What he didn't know then was that he, like a growing number of ethnic ...

Parents shopping for Easter gifts have been warned to lookout for items that contain a component that could be potentially ...