Doctors have warned of the life-threatening complications of liposuction after a woman nearly died following the procedure. The 45-year-old was treated in inten... read more
A 45-year-old man had a heart attack after being stung by a wasp, a medical case report has revealed. The unnamed patient, believed to be from Blackpool, had a ... read more
Millions of pensioners prescribed a daily aspirin raise their chances of a heart attack or stroke by more than a third if they quit taking the pill, a study has... read more
Advanced radiotherapy could cure nearly three in four cases of terminal prostate cancer. Researchers said 71 per cent of men with the disease were free of it f... read more
People who make ‘microerrors’ while carrying out everyday tasks like making a cup of tea could be showing early signs of dementia, researchers said.... read more
Life-changing: Cherie Jiggins, 71, is a new woman after the 45-minute procedure THE PATIENT Within a week of returning from a holiday to Barbados in 1989 I de... read more
Sufferer: The Duchess of Cambridge has endured a well-publicised issue with nausea A few days ago, my son asked me whether I would rather lose a leg or feel m... read more
One morning a few years ago I was sitting in my grandparents’ house eating breakfast when I realised I hadn’t seen my grandfather for an hour or so. ‘Wher... read more
Prescription: Jen Hider has suffered benzo withdrawal symptoms and felt suicidal when she came off the drugs Benzos have stolen the best years of my life,’ sa... read more
Weight to go: From 50, we lose 0.5 to 1 per cent of muscle strength per year I’m closing fast on 80, and am horrified at the rapid disappear-ance of what used... read more
For the past four years it has been possible to vaccinate dogs against Lyme disease, the infection caught from a contaminated tick’s bite, but the same protec... read more
He is embroiled in an acrimonious divorce with estranged wife Petra Ecclestone. And James Stunt revealed his dramatic weight loss as he stepped out in London... read more
Jaclyn Baxter was looking for her family medical history, and maybe some ancestral trivia, when she sent a sample of her saliva to 23andMe. When she got her res... read more
A man who spent 15 years in a vegetative state has shed tears for the first time following an electronic implant. The 35-year-old, left severely brain damaged b... read more
Dutch designer Anouk Wipprecht has a vision for a world in which people stop telling themselves little lies about their emotions — and she believes high-tech ... read more
If a family has a girl with autism, they are more likely to have another child with autism – especially if that next child is a boy. That is the groundbre... read more
The rate of Americans dying from lung disease has rocketed 30 percent since 1980, new figures reveal. Researchers at the University of Washington analyzed death... read more
Smoking super-strength cannabis or spice may trigger life-threatening seizures, researchers have warned. Trials on mice showed seizures can be induced by both T... read more
Andrew Frerich and son Calum both have Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), which is a group of inherited conditions that damage the peripheral nerves A father ha... read more
A yo-yo dieter has revealed how shedding six stone in less than a year left her mute for 10 months. Terri Keith, 30, from Belfast, slimmed down from a size 16 t... read more
The dreaded Aussie flu outbreak that the NHS is preparing for will be the worst in 50 years, experts have warned. Some A&E units in Australia had ‘sta... read more
People in the UK spend more time sitting on the toilet every week than exercising, a poll has revealed. Adults clock up an average of three hours and nine minut... read more
