03/02/2012Pre-sliced watermelons from Brazil linked to deadly salmonella outbreakA deadly salmonella outbreak has been linked to pre-sliced watermelons from Brazil, says the Health Protection Agency. Since December, one person has died and 50 more have fallen ill with a Salmonella Newport...
30/01/2012Black leaf tea lowers high blood pressure and cuts risk of heart diseaseA new study shows that drinking 8 cups of tea a day lowers high blood pressure and cuts the risk of heart disease. The health benefits of green tea are already widely known- its high level of antioxidants...
26/01/2012Vitamin D deficiency found in cases of Sudden Infant Death SyndromeAccording to the BBC, two senior paediatric pathologists have discovered vitamin D deficiency in a significant number of children who have died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Dr Irene Scheimberg and Dr...
26/01/2012Heart attack deaths halve thanks to healthier lifestyle choicesA new study has shown that heart attack deaths have halved over the past decade, thanks to people leading healthier lives and the availability of better treatment. Researchers at Oxford University...
25/01/2012Olive and sunflower oil do not increase heart disease riskResearchers say that eating fried food will not increase your risk of heart disease, as long as you use olive oil or sunflower oil. A study, published in the British Medical Journal, looked at the association...
24/01/2012Bupa reveals that 29 per cent of UK women have never had a health screeningJanuary is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, but almost a third of women in the UK say they have never been for any type of screening, including cervical smear tests. Around 2,900 women in the UK are...
24/01/2012A quarter of children under 5 in the UK are deficient in vitamin DAfter we reported that vitamin D prevents depression in children , research now reveals that a quarter of all toddlers in the UK are lacking in the essential vitamin. Vitamin D supplements are recommended...
24/01/2012Women experience more pain than men, say scientists from Stanford UniversityScientists claim that across a range of conditions, female patients experience more pain than men. It has long been known that certain pain-related conditions, like fibromyalgia, migraine and irritable bowel...
23/01/2012Lung emergencies reach a 10 year high in Wales according to NHSNew figures show that lung emergencies are at a 10 year high in Wales due to smoking popularity 20 years ago. In 2010- 11, 46,218 people were admitted to Welsh hospitals as emergency cases with lung...
20/01/2012Vitamin D supplements improve health in the young and the old Private medical insurance customers might be interested to hear that vitamin D has been proven by scientists to prevent depression in children, and declining eyesight in the elderly. A research...