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Health officials warn us to drink no more than two units of alcohol a day if you’re male and one unit if you’re female – but nobody is clear about what a unit looks like, or even what we mean by alcoh... more »
Codex, the self-appointed group that will determine what vitamins we will be allowed to have and at what levels, is moving closer to a very restricted market – and it’s all for our own good.
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Tests for Lyme disease are so poor that they can miss up to half of all cases. Even test kits that have been approved by drug regulators such as the Centers for Disease Control in the US miss an aver... more »
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 five times more likely to suffer infection afterwar... more »
There’s no such thing as a free lunch – especially when it comes to losing weight. The ‘wonder’ weight loss drug Acomplia (rimonabant) was supposed to be just that – just one pill a day would see you... more »
Drug giant Bayer has finally withdrawn its heart drug Trasylol (aprotinin) from the market – nearly a year after it was discovered it doubles the chances of the patient dying.
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Alzheimer’s and dementia may be a result of the Western diet, new research suggests. People who eat a diet that’s rich in fish, omega-3 oils, fruits and vegetables are up to 60 per cent less likely t... more »
On the very day when AstraZeneca’s cholesterol-lowering statin drug Crestor (rosuvastatin calcium) was approved to treat atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), it was revealed it wasn’t helping... more »
There’s something very unusual about diabetics – they tend to wear the wrong-sized shoes. Researchers from Dundee University, led by diabetes expert Graham Leese, reckon that around 60 per cent of su... more »
Heart disease is the major killer among women – even though its deadly effects are on the wane among men. Despite this, women with heart problems get short shrift from medicine and the emergency serv... more »
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