In the run-up to international World Cancer Day on Sunday, experts have said that about half of all cancer cases in Germany could be prevented by a healthier lifestyle.
A report on cancer carried out for the Healthy Ministry and published on Tuesday revealed that Germans are increasingly likely to contract cancer, but they should also live longer.
When doctors in Australia admitted defeat in their attempts to cure a young child's brain cancer they said there was only one chance left - a cutting-edge clinic in central Germany.
The Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich is investigating an award-winning scientist, after eight children who participated in an experimental study contracted leukaemia.
In the wake of the World Health Organisation (WHO) categorizing processed meats such as sausages as carcinogenic in a category along with tobacco, every fifth Germany is worried about their meat intake.
Germany's food and agriculture minister said Tuesday that people should not be afraid of tucking into a grilled bratwurst despite the World Health Organization's warning that sausages and ham cause cancer.
The largest health study ever conducted in Germany called the National Cohort started on Monday, with researchers hoping the 28-year long investigation will shed new light into the risk factors of humanity's most prevalent diseases.
Images of children with cancer often evoke weakness and defeat. But Marina Proksch-Park shows them enjoying life. The photographer who has sparked an online campaign with her pictures is The Local's German of the Week.
A German postwoman, who was sacked for missing work due to chemotherapy, is entitled to get her job back, a court has ruled. Deutsche Post also hired private investigators to follow her on the job, it was reported on Thursday.
For lots of young adults with cancer, the pain of falling ill can go far beyond the physical. Survivor <b>Friederike Kaup</b> explains why she wants to set up a shared flat as an alternative for those battling the disease.
It is never too late to stop smoking to reduce health risks - new figures show the number of heart attacks in Germany has dropped by nearly nine percent since a smoking ban in public places was introduced five years ago.
Germany is launching a huge health survey to produce evidence-based information about the effects of diet, lifestyle and other factors such as smoking or alcohol on the big killers - cancer, heart disease, strokes and diabetes.
German cancer experts are warning of a looming shortage of one of the most widely used drugs to treat the disease – because pharmaceutical companies say it is not financially worth their while to make it any more.
Surgeons in Cologne have removed a 14-kilo tumour from a woman, whose internal organs were being squashed so badly she was in danger of serious complications. It was about the weight of four newborn babies.
Cigarette packs should carry frightening pictures, German cancer experts say – and said the move taken by Australia on Wednesday to impose such rules should be followed here.
A German woman has been granted a widow’s pension despite being married for less than three weeks, a Berlin court said on Thursday. Normally a marriage must last a year for either party to claim a widow's, or widower's, pension.
The German love of tanning salons is giving them increasing rates of skin cancer, with scientists this week saying sun-beds were more dangerous than previously thought.
German producers, distributors and companies that made and tested eggs containing unacceptable levels of the cancer-causing element PCB could face hefty fines, it emerged Saturday.
