Trying to lose weight is hard work. You need to plan meals and snacks, and make a big effort to avoid situations that trigger more eating and drinking than you’d planned.
- By Laura Bailey
Poor handgrip may be a sign of impaired cognition and memory among older adults, research suggests.
If you went to your dentist for a check-up and dental clean in the last year, give yourself a pat on the back.
- By Hassan Vally
For the past three decades or so, the conventional wisdom has been that drinking alcohol at moderate levels is good for us.
Food gives us the nutrients we need to survive, and we know a balanced diet contributes to good health.
The first animal likely was a carnivore, new research finds. Humans, along with other omnivores, belong to a rare breed.
AreMelanoma skin cancer is the fifth most common cancer – with 16,000 cases diagnosed and 2,400 deaths every year in the UK.
Illness can be the doorway to health. Whether the illness originates in the mind, body, spirit, or environment, we have the choice to allow illness to compel us either toward health and higher learning, or away from health and to eventual destruction.
- By Hope Johnson
Australian regulators will soon be faced with a challenge: can animal flesh produced in a lab be called meat?
Supermarkets are an essential part of modern living – open almost all the time, selling almost everything, and selling it cheap.
- By Karin Ried
A systematic review and meta-analysis of previous cohort studies on the effects of chocolate consumption has found that chocolate may be linked to a reduction in the risk of developing heart disease. The paper was published overnight in the British Medical Journal.
- By Nicole Lee
Close to 40,000 people, mostly women, have given up alcohol for FebFast and many others participated in Dry July.
- By Rose Brandt
Prescription omega-3 fatty acid medications are a safe and effective option for reducing high triglycerides, which increase the risk of heart attack and stroke, according to a new study.
Vitamin D deficiency in middle childhood could result in aggressive behavior as well as anxious and depressive moods during adolescence, according to a new study of school children in Bogotá, Colombia.
- By Frank Bowden
Take this quick medical pop quiz: which of the following conditions would you prefer to have during your next stay in hospital?
There are many ways to a woman’s heart. But is a box of chocolates really one of them?
It all starts with the immune system. Every person has one - a group of cells, tissues and organs in the body that helps you fight infections.
- By Feng He
The human body needs a tiny amount of sodium to function properly and this is typically found in salt (sodium chloride).
The idea of seeing a loved one decline and lose their ability to recall their most treasured memories is devastating.
Care providers were alerted to a house fire involving one of their patients.
- By Ben Desbrow
A recent study published in the journal Depression and Anxiety has attracted widespread media attention.
It's a popular notion that we will get more done if we skip lunch. Unfortunately that couldn't be farther from the truth. According to various studies, researchers agree that performance scores plunge when people skip lunch and those who skip lunch soon feel more anxious and tense...