A cancer diagnosis forces us to make decisions that we never imagined ourselves making. This is especially when the regular treatments don't seem to be working. Faced with a recurrence of her cancer ...

An ex-bodybuilding champion suffering from cancer has shunned chemotherapy in favour of a controversial £12,000 course of ‘water fasting’. Sarah Ford, 42, decided on the unproven treatment after ...

Experts are urging people, especially those with existing heart or vascular conditions, to seek medical advice before attempting to lose weight using water-only fasting diets. Experts at the ...

Prolonged fasting — abstaining from energy intake for four or more consecutive days — is used by some as a health intervention; however, the biological effects of this kind of fasting are not well ...