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...

The Deadly Dozen Careers: Will your job increase your chances of motor neurone disease? - Are you a firefighter? A printer? Or perhaps you’re a beautician. Researchers have just identified the 12 careers that are most likely to result in...

Pre-eclampsia? it could increase your chances of heart problems later - High blood pressure is a common problem for women when they are pregnant and sometimes it can lead to pre eclampsia It s been reckoned to affect up...

Heart Attack: Traffic pollution increases the risk - Even a short exposure to traffic fumes can increase your chances of heart disease, including heart attack. People who exercise in areas where there is...

Coping without a spleen - Q-I lost my spleen and kidney in an automobile accident, and have been advised that I will need to take antibiotics (amoxycillin) for the rest of my l...

Cancer for Breakfast: The processed sausage raises risk 20 per cent - The great British breakfast can increase your chances of bowel cancer by 20 per cent, new research suggests.

Invasive devices cause infections - Invasive devices such as urinary catheters or intravenous lines increase your chances sevenfold of acquiring an infection, according to a report from...

Caesarean: The mother is twice as likely to die - Women who have a Caesarean section delivery double their chances of dying or suffering a serious illness, a new study has discovered. They are also f...