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The report has been published online, amid a public pledge to stamp address racial discrimination and inequality.

Exclusive: Investigation finds one of Britain’s oldest and most prestigious universities benefited from transatlantic slavery and was haven for white supremacist theories

A SCOTTISH university has been named as one of "the most financially entangled" institutions in the UK to Israel by a United Nations…

The US health secretary’s latest report is more interested in vaccine scepticism than the brutal toll inflicted by guns and road traffic accidents, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

A new study reveals inconsistencies in genetic testing for Lynch syndrome, potentially leaving cancer patients and their families unaware of their risk of developing other cancers. Lynch syndrome is a rare hereditary condition that elevates the risk of bowel, womb, and ovarian cancers due to a gene mutation affecting DNA…

A rare hereditary condition can elevate the risk of several kinds of cancer

Some cancer patients have Lynch syndrome, which needs to be confirmed by genetic testing.

Scientists hope the discovery will lead to improved treatments.

Bowel cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths in the UK