Breast cancer and family history - The link between a family history of breast cancer and a woman's likelihood of developing the disease is smaller than suggested earlier, according to...

Weight gain and accumulated fluid - I was rather disappointed in the article on slimming (vol 6 no 5) in your August 1995 edition. Your author seems to have fallen into the usual trap of...

Diabetes: a jog a day - Exercise seems to prevent non insulin dependent diabetes. It can also help insulin resistant children of diabetic parents, who usually have a 40 per...

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...

Diabetes link to obesity - Evidence to link diabetes or non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) to obesity is mounting. Although the condition is, in part, thought to be...

Family history doesn’t influence breast cancer - A new British report confirms that, although women with a close relative with breast cancer have an above-average risk of developing the disease, the...

Diabetes: fighting fit - More evidence that exercise may help prevent the onset of non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. ...

Salt restriction may aggravate type ii diabetes - A small study of patients with hypertension has suggested that salt restriction may result in insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance or a wors...