Health
Havana cholera outbreak: health ministry confirms 51 cases in Cuba’s capital
Cuban health ministry has confirmed a cholera outbreak in Havana with 51 people infected - the biggest incidence of the disease there in decades. An...
Raloxifen and Tamoxifen offer breast cancer protection for 20 years
Thousands of healthy women could be offered powerful breast cancer drugs to cut their chances of contracting the disease. New guidelines suggest the drugs raloxifene...
Flu Near You: New York declares public health emergency because of influenza severity
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has declared a public health emergency because of the severity of this year's influenza season. The order makes vaccinations...
Breath-prints: Lung infections detected by breath analysis
Identifying the "smell" of different types of lung bacteria could lead to a simple breath test to diagnose infections, a study on mice published...
Sugarpova: Maria Sharapova slammed for selling sweets with 84 g of sugar per bag
Maria Sharapova has been slammed and branded “irresponsible” for releasing Sugarpova, a line of high-sugar sweets. Maria Sharapova's Sugarpova range comes in 12 different flavors...
Harcombe Diet: Why do we overeat when all we want is to be slim?
Zoe Harcombe spent a decade piecing together the answer to the question “Why do we overeat when all we want is to be slim?”. Through...
Diet drinks linked to depression
Experts are questioning whether diet drinks could raise depression risk, after a large study has found a link. The US research in more than 250,000...
Arthritis: the most effective complementary therapies
Few complementary therapies appear to help musculoskeletal conditions like arthritis, say British experts who have looked at the available trial evidence. Most alternative treatments have...
Ikaria: The Greek island of old age
The inhabitants of small Greek island Ikaria live on average 10 years longer than the rest of Western Europe. So what's the secret to long...
Raspberry Ketone: Fragrant, fruity fat-busters
A brand new get-slim-quick fix is on the market, and it's based on the humble raspberry. Raspberry ketones are fragrant compounds that occur naturally in...
Flu Near You: Flu infections sweep America hospitalizing thousands and leaving 18 children dead
The U.S. has been hit with a particularly aggressive early flu season with widespread reports of the illness across the country, hospitalizing 2,257 people...
Totally blind mice have their sight restored by injections of light-sensing cells into the eye
British researchers have reported that totally blind mice have had their sight restored by injections of light-sensing cells into the eye. The team in Oxford...
Immune system cells grown in the lab may hit cancer and HIV
Vast numbers of cells that can attack cancer and HIV have been grown in the lab, and could potentially be used to fight disease. The...
Weight is Healthy study causes controversy among obesity experts
A new study suggesting being overweight can lead to a longer life has caused controversy among obesity experts. One of the specialists labeled the findings...
How active we should be? How much, how often?
Government guidelines say adults should do at least two and a half hours of moderate activity each week - or one and a quarter...
The weirdest and unhealthiest fad diets from history
As early as the Greeks and Romans people have been dieting, but while it was largely about health and fitness back then, it's the...
Quitting smoking reduces anxiety despite belief that it relieves stress
Researchers have found that smokers who successfully quit feel less anxious afterwards - despite the belief that smoking relieves stress. The British Journal of Psychiatry...
Do not ignore alcohol calories!
Experts say that people watching their weight should pay close attention to how much alcohol they drink since it is second only to fat...
The real reason you eat too much
In a fascinating new book, Robert Lustig, a professor of clinical pediatrics at the University of California, expounds a whole new scientific theory about...
Talking to yourself out loud is sane
Talking to yourself in public is seen as an embarrassing habit - the preserve of the slightly batty, such as the woman in the...
Mothers over-feed obese toddlers because they can’t see that they are already fat
A new research suggests that mothers are over-feeding their children because they are unable to see if they are too chubby. A survey of nearly 300...
Secrets from a movie theater worker: Chemically scented popcorn and three-day-old hot dogs
There are a few home truths about an outing to the movies that cinephiles would probably rather not know and that might just change...
CoolSculpting: cryolipolysis treatment that freezes off your festive fat
CoolSculpting, a treatment that promises to “freeze off” your fat, has been proving a popular solution to shifting those post-holiday pounds. Thousands in the U.S....
Doctors save Ronald Aldom’s life by injecting alcohol into the arteries supplying his heart
British doctors have saved Ronald Aldom's life using an unconventional treatment - a shot of neat alcohol into the arteries supplying his heart. Ronald Aldom,...
Optical Coherence Tomography reveals multiple sclerosis extent
A simple eye test may offer a fast and easy way to monitor patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), medical experts say in the journal...
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