or prolonged use of oral contraceptives can also cause this cancer. Women generally tend to ignore their cervical health and suffer from this cancer. It is the right time for women to take charge ...

For 30 years, researchers have known that Huntington’s disease is caused by an inherited mutation in the Huntingtin (HTT) gene in which a three-letter DNA sequence, C-A-G, is repeated at least 40 ...

Pisal stresses: "HPV can cause gynaecological cancers such as cervical cancer, but only in a very, very small proportion of cases. That’s why even though HPV infection is very common ...

Medics say they cause degenerative diseases in offspring ... polycystic kidney disease or conditions such as von Willebrand disease, which affects blood clotting and causes bleeding problems.