Doctors say a new test that looks at immune cells in the lymph nodes may be the best way to predict whether breast cancer has spread and is likely to resurface.

Currently, the best way to predict whether breast cancer is likely to recur is to search lymph nodes near the breast for tumor cells

A new study finds that doctors in the Netherlands, the first country to legalize euthanasia for terminally ill people, are actually hastening the deaths of sick children, sometimes at the boundaries of what the law allows.

Researchers looked at 64 deaths of ill children during a four-month period. Of those, 42 cases involved medical decisions that could hasten death

The latest research by academics suggests a neurological rather than pharmaceutical solution is needed when it comes to achieving orgasms for women.

This is due in part to women being more affected by mood, self-esteem and other issues of psyche than men, researchers say

British doctors are trying to assess the effectiveness of using spray-on skin cell cultures to treat burn victims.

A medical team at Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, East Sussex has already used the technique to treat a man with burns over 90 percent of his body

Researchers say a widely used pill can reduce the risk of death in elderly heart attack survivors by preventing their hearts from deteriorating through a process known as "remodeling."

Perindopril, part of a group of popular anti-hypertension drugs called ACE inhibitors, reduces remodeling by 46-percent over a period of one year, when compared to a placebo. The findings are in a study presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress