Health

22 May 2012

Healthy men should no longer have routine prostate cancer screenings because they save few lives while encouraging needless treatment, according [...]

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22 May 2012

Government hopes of resolving the bitter public sector pensions dispute have been dealt a fresh blow when a group of [...]

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22 May 2012

Podiatrist Paul Langer used to see one or two barefoot running injuries a month at his practice in Minneapolis. Now [...]

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22 May 2012

Olivia Penney (pictured), from Southampton, Hampshire, was diagnosed with Alexander Disease nine months ago, one of just 50 children in [...]

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22 May 2012

Men are exercising more, drinking more water and swapping briefs for boxer shorts to boost their chances of having a [...]

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22 May 2012

A study of women aged between 50 and 75 provides evidence that loss of body-fat reduces the levels of hormones [...]

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22 May 2012

Thousands of women over 40 could be eligible for fertility treatment on the NHS under new proposals published today.

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22 May 2012

More than a third of malaria drugs examined by scientists in Southeast Asia were fake, and a similar proportion analysed [...]

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22 May 2012

Pomegranate juice has not been proven to be an effective treatment for cancer, heart disease or erectile dysfunction, US regulators [...]

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22 May 2012

A major reassessment of the research into hormone replacement therapy has concluded that menopausal women were the victims of ‘mass [...]

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