This month sees Stoptober take place the campaign, supported by the NHS, encourages people to stop smoking for 28 days as they're more likely to give up for good then.
There ...
Worryingly more than half of the population don’t know what secondary breast cancer is, despite the fact that it kills 1,000 women each month, according to a new survey.
Secondary breast ...
It's quite obvious that sitting down at a desk all day is not particulary good for your health, but do you know just how bad it actually is?
According to a ...
On World Heart Day today, more than a thousand people have signed a global petition calling for heart-healthy environments to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD). CVD, which includes ...
It's National Eye Health Week, and Austrian eyewear brand Silhouette are giving top tips to help people keep their eyes in focus.
Not only is the eyewear from the brand super ...
Long-term weight gain has been linked to a 33% greater post-menopausal breast cancer risk, according to new research.
Weight gain has long been associated with cancer risks, but now research published ...
You’re putting your sight at risk by not attending regular eye checks, that’s the short of it. We need to see opticians regularly to keep in check of our eye ...
Feeling fat, money worries and partners not listening are just some of the triggers for our bad moods, which we spend nearly five hours a week in, according to new ...
It’s something many of us take for granted, but good eye health is by no means guaranteed and while age is a key factor in the deterioration of our eyesight ...
Angelina Jolie’s preventative double mastectomy has helped in doubling the number of women in the UK being tested for breast cancer, researchers have found.
A new study shows that in June ...
The 15-21st September marks Blood Pressure UK’s, Know Your Numbers Week. To support this annual awareness event, Life Line Screening, the leading experts in preventive community health screening, has partnered ...
If conventional diets have failed you and you're still struggling to lose weight, then perhaps you need to look at what you ‘sniff' rather than what you eat
According to Amphora ...
CMT UK is hoping Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) Awareness Month 2014, which launched this September, will encourage people with the condition to get in touch with the charity for advice and support, ...
New research reveals how stressed people in the UK have become, with two-thirds of Britons feeling stressed before they even get out of bed.
Research shows that it is vital for ...
Immune health is a year-round worry according to the latest research by Potter’s Herbals expert panel, the Henry Potter Advisory Committee.
In a survey of 2,000 men and women, more than ...
Almost 10 million Britons are affected by some sort of pain daily, which has a major impact on their quality of life. Yet a new survey of 2,000 UK adults, ...
Bowel problems are plaguing Brits, but they’re too embarrassed to talk to their GP about it.
According to a new survey by constipation treatment Dulcolax, a quarter of those polled have ...
Worrying new figures show that millions of women across the UK regularly consume alcohol and take to the roads.
The results of the in-depth study found that one in six (17 ...
Migraine affects 1 in 7 people in the UK and has been classified as a major health disorder by the World Health Organisation, rated among the top 20 most disabling ...
We are often told that we should cut right down on fats. But there are two types of fats that are absolutely essential for our diets – both rather unimaginatively ...
More than half of people in the UK worry less about skin cancer than other cancer, with nearly one in five misguidedly thinking it’s easily avoidable, according to new research.
What’s ...
Whatever exercise you do – from hitting the treadmill to taking a yoga class – knee pain can spoil your enjoyment of activity and eventually cause huge disruption to your ...
Despite the fact that we’re consuming more alcohol and calories and performing less exercise, new research shows that three-quarters of Brits feel healthiest on holiday.
The healthy perception seems to come ...
More than a fifth of people do not think it is possible to reduce their risk of developing dementia, according to a YouGov poll commissioned by Alzheimer’s Society.
Despite growing evidence ...
