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The wonders of vitamin D keep being revealed, and here’s a new one – Higher levels of it cut colorectal cancer risk by a third, particularly in women. The research this conclusion is based on is pretty robust, a large … Read More

There’s a revolution going on in the treatment of breast cancer and it’s an example of how research creeps ­forward while reversing hallowed medical practices. New medical research has shown that only a third of patients with early breast cancer need chemotherapy, … Read More

Did you ever think a simple pill taken before each meal would be as good as gastric band or bypass surgery for losing weight while helping to tackle the ­ Type 2 diabetes and obesity epidemic? Harvard Medical School researchers have developed … Read More

News recently hit the headlines, both in the British Medical Journal and the media, that eczema has joined the list of conditions which are linked to heart disease and stroke. How could that be? How is the skin so closely … Read More

It’s hard to ignore the fact that ­antidepressant use and obesity in the UK are rising alongside each other. Weight gain is an effect many patients are unhappy about. Sadly, we don’t know much about a link between antidepressants and putting on … Read More

Have you heard of a pain that can lead to death? It’s called trigeminal neuralgia (TN) – a little-known, unpredictable facial pain, which can be brought on just by talking, smiling, laughing or even kissing. Sufferers describe the pain as being like … Read More

Around one in 2,000 children will develop leukaemia. Up to now, the trigger has remained a mystery. But lead researcher Professor Mel Greaves, from The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and one of the UK’s most influential cancer experts, has … Read More

Here’s some shocking news. ­Fifteen secondary school ­pupils were recently ­diagnosed with measles, according to Public Health England. This comes after figures released in May revealed that between January 1 and May 9, 440 cases of measles were confirmed in England … Read More

The UK has led the way in research into womb ­transplants even though the first were done in Sweden in 2013. Now three UK women will benefit from ­decades of trial and error. At present it isn’t available on the NHS and … Read More

Political persuasion aside, I think we’d all better get used to the fact that Brexit is going to be bad for our health. This despite the £20.5billion per annum promised by the Prime Minister for the NHS, although she’s still … Read More