The first test of a live-attenuated polio vaccine on humans was conducted in 1950 by Hilary Koprowski on 20 disabled children ...

"Around 70 per cent of throat cancer cases are caused by HPV," said Dr Hisham Mehanna from the University of Birmingham.

Doctors aren't just blaming smoking for a rise in head and neck cancers. Instead they think oral sex could be the culprit.

Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) are frequently prescribed to suppress stomach acid in patients with gastroesophageal reflux ...