Living longer - Although none of us can escape the Grim Reaper, there is plenty we can do to delay his arrival. In fact, a sensible lifestyle eating at least two org...

Longevity: The one tell-tale sign that suggests how long you will live - We all worry about how long we’re going to live, and doctors tell us that one important indicator is our BMI (body-mass index). But there’s another m...

BMI: The great red herring for heart health - Body mass index (BMI) is a clumsy and imprecise measure of obesity. It’s arrived at through a complicated computation, which involves dividing your w...

Type ii diabetes - It's the diet, stupid - Type II diabetes has become the lifestyle disease of modern times. The two main risk factors according to doctors are being seriously overweight, as...

Mediterranean Diet: It can increase your chances of living longer - Eating a ‘true’ Mediterranean diet can increase your chances of living longer. You are 22 per cent less likely to die from any disease, and it can ev...

Weight gain: Putting on the pounds can prolong your life as you get older - The body mass index (BMI) is one of the crudest measurements of our health and longevity. It’s been found wanting in many a study, and researchers at...

Heart disease, part ii: - The kidney connection - Talking about heart disease, it seems that you're much more likely to develop it if you also have chronic kidney disease. In fact kidney health and f...

Heart disease heart disease: - Less of a killer without the drugs - Heart disease is already the leading cause of death in the USA and the UK, and forecasters reckon it will soon be the major killer in every developed...