Category: HealthNews

Doctors have been reminded yet again that the most commonly-prescribed birth control pills increase the risk of life-threatening blood clots. A new warning has gone out to every doctor across the UK after French authorities...

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...