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Charity urges Europe-wide action to cut consumption after huge study underlines risks of drinking too much At least 13,000 cancers in the UK every year are the result of people’s drinking habits, according to one of the largest studies ever carried out into diet and cancer. The research, carried out across eight European countries including [...]
There may not be a cure for the common cold, but people who exercise regularly seem to have fewer and milder colds, a new study suggests. In the United States, adults can expect to catch a cold two to four times a year, and children can expect to get six to 10 colds annually. All [...]
Bisphenol A, or BPA, is a chemical found in the thermal paper widely used in receipts from cash registers and in some plastics and resins, and has now been shown to pass through human skin. Three recent studies have shown the chemical BPA is absorbed through the skin, and that people who routinely have contact [...]
Women who take regular brisk walks have a lower risk of developing breast cancer after menopause — and it’s never too late to start, according to a US study. Research has shown that very active women are less likely to develop breast cancer than their sedentary peers, but little has been known about the effects [...]
People queuing to get the meningitis vaccine The chance to get a meningitis vaccine that has passed WHO quality checks was too good to miss for thousands of African people For the people in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, a new meningitis vaccine offers hope of an escape from one of the world’s deadliest, most [...]
Vitamin D found to exert an influence over genes associated with certain diseases more common in the northern hemisphere Insufficient exposure to sunshine, resulting in low levels of vitamin D, could play a part in a wide-range of diseases, from multiple sclerosis to rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes, some cancers and even dementia, scientists say [...]
A vaccine that stops cholesterol causing damage to arteries could slash heart disease by two-thirds. The experimental jab, which is being pioneered by scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, works by stopping the body’s own defence system from over-reacting to excess levels of cholesterol in the blood. It is this over-reaction that leads to [...]