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A molecule found in a curry ingredient can kill oesophageal cancer cells in the laboratory, suggesting it might be developed as an anti-cancer treatment, scientists said on Wednesday...The cells also began to digest themselves, they said in a study published...

GPs participating in the swine flu vaccination programme have received the drug as health chiefs prepare a major publicity campaign ahead of the rollout of mass vaccinations. The programme rollout comes as a warning is issued to women who have...

The matter was raised this morning by Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore, who wanted to know how many of the units were proceeding. The plan to allow the building of private hospitals alongside existing public hospitals is designed to help...

The 33-year-old told Reveal magazine he had recently flown to Dublin and "told her I was wrong and I should never have let it get that far". The pair fell out in 1999 over an interview she gave to a...

The road to weight loss is bumpy for those who choose to travel it. There are many potholes that people fall into, cul-de-sacs that must be avoided and obstacles that must be manoeuvred around. One of those obstacles is the...

The ice cover over the Arctic Ocean is continuing to get thinner, according to new data released here Thursday, which supports the theory that due to global warming the ocean will be largely ice-free in summer within a decade. The...

Health Service Executive ( HSE ) chief Brendan Drumm said the mass vaccination programme would not begin until after those at highest risk had received the vaccine. The announcement was made as a toddler became the third person to die...

Ireland are among the highest in the EU and must be reduced to improve the competitive position of Irish exporters, the National Competitiveness Council (NCC) said yesterday. The NCC found that electricity prices for industrial users in Ireland were the...

Ireland up to €1.8bn a year because it was such a big factor in heart disease, strokes, cancer and diabetes, it was claimed yesterday. Dr Muireann Cullen told a conference on obesity in Dublin that 59pc of adults and 75pc...