High-flying career women with stressful jobs face a higher risk of heart disease, warn researchers.
Taking the Pill can be a passion killer
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010Women taking the Pill are at risk of losing their sex drive because oral contraceptives drastically reduce the ability to feel desire and arousal, according to a survey.
Tanaholics: Sunbed sessions are now ‘as addictive as alcohol or drug abuse’
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010They claim indoor tanning leads to behaviour on a par with alcohol or drug abuse and heavy users may need medical help to kick the habit, by seeing mental health specialists.
Could acid in breast milk be the answer to beating cancer?
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010A substance found in breast milk can kill cancer cells, claim researchers. For the first time a special substance called Hamlet has been successfully tested on humans.
Half the population could suffer from hay fever within 20 years
Friday, April 9th, 2010Some 15 million Britons are currently afflicted, but with more people moving to cities, the number of sufferers will double to 32million by 2030.
Herbalists to be regulated by Government for the first time
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Health Secretary Andy Burnham plans to tighten the law in a bid to protect the public from ill trained and bogus practitioners.
Thirty per cent of breast cancer ‘is caused by obesity’
Friday, March 26th, 2010Experts believe more than 14,000 women a year would probably not develop the disease if they had adopted healthier behaviour from an early age.
Breast screening ‘fails to cut cancer deaths’: Thousands could be enduring needless surgery
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010Women given mammograms and those who had none had remarkably similar chances of survival, a ten-year study has found.
