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Doctors are trained to bring down a fever as quickly as possible—but new research has found that drugs like ibuprofen and paracetamol increase the rate of flu by 5 per cent, and cause an additional thousand deaths each year in...

First it was Alzheimer’s, now it’s Parkinson’s: in the past seven days, pesticides have been discovered to be a cause of these debilitating diseases. Latest research shows that the toxins can increase the chances of developing...

E-cigarettes seem like a safer option compared to the real thing, but they are unregulated products that contain at least 19 harmful chemicals, including several that are cancer-causing, a scientist has warned. The e-cigarettes...

Top detective Hercule Poirot was on to something when he insisted on eating fish for his ‘leetle brain cells’—the omega-3 fatty acids from fish such as salmon and tuna really are good for your brain, new research has confirmed....

Healthy people with just a 7.5 per cent risk of developing heart disease in 10 years are routinely prescribed drugs to lower cholesterol—but it’s a decision they should be taking as equal partners with the doctor, leading...

Drinking just one sugar-sweetened drink every day increases your chances of developing heart disease, researchers say. Those who get a quarter or more of their daily calories from refined sugar triple their risk of dying from...

Lutein – the antioxidant found in dark green leafy vegetables such as spinach and kale – has been proven to reduce our risk of developing the eye disease age-related macular degeneration (AMD). AMD is the most common cause of...

Eating a diet that’s rich in carbohydrates – like sweets, soft drinks, bread, pasta and potatoes – is a direct cause of mild dementia and memory loss as we get older. Such foods increase the risk fourfold, while sugars are the...

Two types of fruit and a vegetable should become central parts of your diet in order to counter inflammation in your body, which is increasingly being recognised as one of the major causes of heart disease, some cancers,...