Vegetarian diet may mask eating disorder in teens - Teenage vegetarians may be at greater risk of eating disorders and suicide than their meat-eating peers, according to US researchers.

Eating disorders - Starved of the right foods - Doctors consider anorexia, bulimia and obesity as a mainly psychological problem, but new research shows that vitamin deficiencies and even allergies...

Alzheimer's: Antipsychotics and sedatives make it worse - Drugs such as the antipsychotics and sedatives speed up the progress of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study has found.

Low-down on low-fat milk - For years, low-fat cow’s milk has been enthusiastically promoted as the perfect health drink, providing adults with ‘essential’ vitamins and minerals,...

Beat Eating Disorders Naturally - Eating disorders, characterized by distorted body image and abnormal eating behav-iours, are estimated to afflict five to 10 million women and one mil...

High caffeine intake raises miscarriage risk - Women who ingest large amounts of caffeine in early pregnancy are significantly raising their risk of miscarriage, according to the results of a Swedi...

Is caffeine a cause for breast lumps and mastitis? - Q:I was extremely pleased to read the article on mammograms (Vol 3 No 10) and breast cancer. I have suffered with lumpy breasts/severe mastitis for o...

Low bone risk fractured - The widely held view that women suffering from low bone density are more likely to suffer a fracture doesn't stack up. New research shows that only ha...