Are viruses getting worse? - Nobody can say with any certainty whether viruses are getting ‘worse’. They are, however, extremely adaptable organisms,

Hospital horrors getting worse - Your chances of suffering a serious reaction to a drug while in hospital stand at around 6.5 per cent; worse, 42 per cent of serious reactions are cau...

Obesity: - It's not such a health risk after all - For the longest time, doctors have been warning us of the dangers of being overweight. It can lead to all sorts of problems, including diabetes and c...

Living Longer: Being slightly overweight may help - Want to live a long time? Well, don’t be overweight, underweight or obese. Any one of these will shorten your days, a study has concluded.

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Officials respond to microwave health alert - Following the recent article on the microwave ovens by Simon Best (WDDTY, vol 10 no 12), I decided to write to the Food Standards Agency expressing my...

Obesity: Believe it or not, it’s catching - Obesity may be catching. Close friends, neighbours and family members of an obese person are much more likely to put on the weight themselves, resear...

Obesity - Not such a deathly risk - New research has found that the number of deaths associated with obesity is far lower than previously believed.