What Doctors Don't Tell YouAre fat people more likely to die earlier? Two major studies have been looking into this seemingly simple question, and come out with some complicated answers. ...
If you've had a heart attack, start taking fish oil it will reduce your chances of having another one. ...
The latest in the ongoing cholesterol controversy is that low cholesterol could be bad for your health. ...
Even a small increase in your daily vitamin C intake can significantly reduce the chances of early death from all causes. ...
Influenza may not be the great wintertime killer of the elderly as always believed. Instead, they are as likely to die from acute respiratory disease than the feared flu virus. ...
We’ve covered the health hazards of ‘atypical’ antipsychotics, including the recent FDA warning that they increase mortality among elderly patients. But a new study has just been published that draws the same conclusion for the older, ‘conventional’...
In July 1990, Hong Kong instituted a total ban on high-sulphur fuels. Since then, cars, lorries and power stations have only been allowed to burn fuels containing less than 0.5 per cent sulphur.
Revolutionary laser surgery for treating angina is dangerous, and at least 5 per cent of patients die soon after the operation, a damning new study has found.
A further doubt has been raised about blood transfusions following a new study that has found that transfusing red cells can endanger the life of patients.
