General Health

27 April 2013

Parents risk children's future health by failing to understand sun protection

Millions of children in the UK are at risk of life threatening sun damage as more than half of parents don’t think they need sun protection if it’s not hot.   A ...
27 April 2013

Top tips for fighting allergies

With an estimated 21m allergy sufferers in the UK, and statistics from Allergy UK highlighting one in three of us will be affected by an allergy at some point in ...
25 April 2013

One in four believe Malaria is caused by dirty water

Brits are baffled by what causes the disease, Malaria, despite the fact it affects more than 1,500 British travellers every year and it kills a child somewhere in the world ...
25 April 2013

Is stress making you fat and tired?

Stress levels are seriously getting to us, as it is estimated that a staggering 75% of patient visits to GP surgeries are now attributable to stress.  For adults, the main causes ...
25 April 2013

One sugary drink a day can increase diabetes risk

Drinking one sugary drink a day can increase your risk of Type 2 diabetes, according to new research.  The largest study of its kind to find the link between soft-drink consumption ...
24 April 2013

10 things you didn’t know about snoring

It’s the thing that stops us sleeping at night. It wakes us up in the early hours and stops us from sleeping by our partner’s side. When dozing off on ...
23 April 2013

A snoring partner leaves us in a constant state of exhaustion

Over 40% of people say their partners snoring habit has a negative impact on how well they sleep, according to new research.  It also found that this leaves a third grouch ...
22 April 2013

Morning cigarette doubles your chance of mouth cancer

People who reach for a morning cigarette are doubling their risk of developing lung and mouth cancer. That's according to new research which suggests people who smoke within five minutes of ...
19 April 2013

Sunburn and sunbeds blamed for record number of skin cancers

Over half of people with moles which are cancerous or at risk of skin cancer have a history of sunburn or sunbed use, according to figures released by The MOLE Clinic. In ...
19 April 2013

The constant state of dehydration most of us are in

Dehydration is a constant state of living for three quarters of Brits who aren't drinking the recommended daily suggestion of 1.2 litres of liquid, according to new research.  The study, conducted ...
18 April 2013

Type 2 diabetes – what you need to know

Type 2 diabetes is a growing health issue in the UK, with experts predicting that by 2020 the number of people affected by the condition could have soared by 98 ...
16 April 2013

High blood pressure? Beetroot juice is the answer

Beetroot juice could be the answer to lowering high blood pressure after new research found it brought it down just a few hours after drinking it.  More importantly, blood pressure remained ...
16 April 2013

Young allergy sufferers need more support as they grow up, study finds

Young people with severe allergies need help to live safely with their condition as they enter adulthood, a study by the Anaphylaxis Campaign has found. The Campaign surveyed severe allergy sufferers ...
16 April 2013

Quality of life could be improved for those with dementia and hearing loss

Quality of life could be improved for people with dementia and hearing loss, according to a new report.  Charity Action on Hearing Loss and University College London’s Deafness Cognition and Language ...
15 April 2013

Cosmetic sugery: Increased costs and reduced choice

New research reveals that the proposed European Union legislation to end free consultations for cosmetic procedures would restrict patient choice and drive up the cost of treatment.  On average, a patient ...
15 April 2013

The stress of a messy desk

Nearly half of the nation’s desks are a mess, leading to friction with colleagues, warnings from the boss and increased stress levels, according to new research from Staples. With an average ...
13 April 2013

The health benefits of spring cleaning

It's no coincidence that many people visualise a brightly lit day and breezy open windows when imagining their annual spring clean. However, with Britain's current weather refusing to live up ...
13 April 2013

Understanding IBS

It's IBS Awareness Month, but what do you know about it? Here we have the answers.  What is it? Dr. Wendy Denning, GP and one of Tatler’s top 150 private doctors for ...
12 April 2013

Parkinson's Disease: facing discrimination and prejudice

Every hour someone in the UK is told they have Parkinson's, yet new research shows almost half of those with the condition face regular discrimination. From verbal abuse, being mistaken for ...
11 April 2013

Adults today are less healthy than previous generations

Despite their greater life expectancy, the adults of today are less "metabolically" healthy than their counterparts of previous generations. That's the conclusion of a large cohort study from the Netherlands which ...
10 April 2013

Peter Andre launches foundation in memory of his brother

Peter Andre has joined forces with the world’s leading cancer charity Cancer Research UK to launch the Peter Andre Foundation, after losing his brother Andrew to the disease late last ...
10 April 2013

Penis size really does matter, finds research

There have always been jokes about it, but new research has found that penis size does actually matter in terms of attractiveness. 21st century women have been found to rate a ...
9 April 2013

Breast cancer survival not impacted by alcohol consumption

We've been told before that alcohol increases the risk of developing breast cancer, but new research has found that drinking before and after diagnosis does not impact survival from the ...
8 April 2013

Aspirin may cut oral cancer risk

Taking a regular low dose of aspirin could prevent head and neck cancers by almost a quarter, according to new research. The results of the study concluded that people were almost a ...