A cold is a viral infection and effects millions each day. Sadly you can't go about your day-to-day life wearing a face mask and avoiding the infectious people, so what ...
There are now four different NHS systems operating in the UK since devolution, according to health chiefs. Patient groups said the situation was breeding envy. Ms Morgan, whose organisation represents ...
The US team discovered that volunteers who were roused whenever they were about to fall into the deepest sleep developed insulin resistance. This inability of the body to recognise normal ...
A few small lifestyle changes will make will make a huge difference to your waistline.The first thing is shopping. When you shop for food try to limit the unhealthy ...
UK scientists have uncovered a vital clue to stopping cancers spreading around the body. A protein called Tes is able to block a second protein, Mena, from helping cancer cells ...
Adopting a detox diet - often popular in January - is a waste of time and money, a leading scientist has said. The detox market - which can include diets, ...
Three quarters of us admit to feeling unhappy with our bodies, according to new research from Boots today.The Know your Figure campaign launched today aims to educate Brits on how ...
Pregnant or breastfeeding women have been urged to boost their vitamin D.Rickets is a bone disease mainly caused by a lack of the vitamins. It can lead to deformities, stunted ...
One surgery is offering a £500 discount on breast enlargement if the operation is carried out by the end of December. Industry guidelines state that cosmetic surgery clinics "must not ...
Some liver damage caused by heavy drinking or hepatitis could be halted or even reversed, claim US researchers. US team say that the growth of scarring around the organ might ...
It has emerged that nine NHS trusts in England have admitted losing patient records in a fresh case of wholesale data loss by government services. Once again hundreds of thousands ...
Individual cells may be more powerful than thought
There could be enough computing ability in just one brain cell to allow humans and animals to feel, a study suggests.
The ...
Dr Emm Barnes' paper features in a special childhood cancer
edition of the peer-reviewed journal, Chronic Illness, published by SAGE,
the fifth largest journals publisher in the world. Chronic Illness ...
Endometriosis (Endo) is a build up of cells that should usually line the womb but are found in other areas of the body. The most common places for the Endometriosis ...
Migraine is a severe headache, often accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Up to ten per cent of men in the UK are thought to suffer with migraine. There are two ...
People with epilepsy have recurrent fits or seizures.For six out of 10 people with epilepsy, the underlying cause isn't clear. Epilepsy isn't a disease and isn't a mental illness.Epilepsy may ...
Female First talk exclusively to Jeffrey Tobias, a Professor of Clinical Oncology at UCH in London who helped trial the new drug Being diagnosed with the disease is a devastating ...
More than ten per cent of schoolchildren have recurrent tummy ache for several weeks but a cause is only ever found in one in tenMore than ten per cent of ...
For glowing mums-to-be, especially the first timers out there, pregnancy is an incredibly confusing time. That doesn’t just mean rushing about worrying if you’re stocked up with enough nappies and ...
Samaritans is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to anyone who feels they need emotional support at
any time over the festive period.
When many other services are ...
"The cold weather has finally descended, and with it comes colds, sniffles and flu.For many work will be missed, parties ruined and tissues motored through.But don’t count on sympathy from ...
Every year it affects over 50,000 women, proving fatal for 25,000 of these. In the UK alone around 11,900 women live with the disease.There are a number of simple screening ...
A person who is blind has a high degree of vision loss. Only about 18 per cent of blind people are totally blind - most can distinguish between light and ...
When a child isn't aware that they wet the bed at night while sleeping, it's known as nocturnal enuresis. It may occur every night or just one or two nights ...
