Breastfeeding reduces the risk of endometriosis by up to 40 percent, new research reveals. Naturally feeding for a total of three or more years across a women&#... read more
A mother says she was left shocked after a doctor told her to put her six-month-old baby on a diet. Danielle Parker says she was instructed to stop feeding her ... read more
Asthma inhalers may protect patients from Parkinson’s disease, a major new study suggests. Full of salbutamol, researchers found the medication halves the... read more
Michael Douglas made the revelation that his cancer may have been caused by performing oral sex Dating apps such as Tinder are increasing people’s risk of... read more
Magnesium cream could be used as an alternative or in addition to medication to combat high blood pressure, a study has found. It could be promising news for th... read more
Deadly skin cancer starts as new spots on the skin, not moles, in more than two-thirds of cases, new research reveals. In 71 per cent of incidences, melanoma, t... read more
This is the incredible moment that a husband gestured ‘I love you’ to his wife as he languished in a coma on the brink of death. Roy Norquoy, 46, fr... read more
Last winter’s flu vaccine reduced the risk of infection among youngsters by 66% This made it eight per cent more effective than the previous year’... read more
A mother suffers from a disorder that is causing her feet to shrink. Sophie Earl-Park, 29, has Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), which is defined as a group of... read more
Warmer temperatures caused by climate change are likely responsible for more deaths on the road, a study claims. Researchers from Yale University found that tem... read more
Prescription opioids and illicit drugs have become incredibly pervasive throughout the US, and things are only getting worse. In the early 2000s, the FDA an... read more
Anxious students are more likely to graduate high school on time than their peers, a new study claims. The Canadian study claimed that students with high levels... read more
Walking a dog is as good for the owner as it is for their pet, according to the most in-depth study on the activity to date. The research published on Thursday ... read more
Roberto Rocha, a supervising health investigator, will go as far as staking out a donut shop, talking with gang members or even banging on grandma’s door ... read more
Tennis fans around the world are gathering this week in Queens, New York to watch the world’s best players gracefully execute impossible-looking shots. Ra... read more
Most physical therapists in America suffer sexual harassment from their patients, according to a new study. More than 80 percent of nearly 900 physical therapis... read more
A woman has contracted spinal meningitis from a tick bite in New York City. Dee Vandenburg, of Staten Island, was at her home near a deer park earlier this year... read more
Yawning is so contagious that one sleepy person in a room can easily set off the rest. But anyone trying to stifle their yawns at a particularly dull work meeti... read more
Researchers claim to have discovered the maximum age ‘ceiling’ for human lifespan. Despite growing life expectancy because of better nutrition, livi... read more
A student who lost his thumb in a terrorist attack is finally able to do simple tasks again after having his toe transplanted onto his hand. Student Irfaan-ul-l... read more
The NHS no longer uses post-it notes and whiteboards to arrange life-saving heart transplants for patients, it has emerged. Instead of relying on the tradition... read more
More than 465,000 patients with St Jude pacemakers are at risk of potentially fatal hacks – and need to undergo an incredibly risky ‘software update... read more
