Carrying more fat on legs compared with the stomach protects postmenopausal women from heart disease, a study says. Women of a healthy weight with the highest risk of stroke or heart disease had the most belly fat and the least hip and thigh...
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14th Dec 2025 | Updated at 07:39am 14th Dec 2025
Your local pharmacist can help you stay healthy
- 12 Nov 2025
As part of the ‘Ask Your Pharmacist Week’, which encourages people to make better use of their local pharmacist – not just for prescriptions, but for advice, support, and everyday health concerns, Faruque Gani, a community pharmacist in London...
Unspoken pain: Why South Asian men struggle to seek help
- 06 Nov 2025
South Asian men are increasingly facing silent battles with their mental health, often shaped by deep-rooted cultural and societal expectations. From a young age, many are taught to be providers, problem-solvers, and emotional anchors; roles...
- 02 Jul 2019
People should open windows when they cook and stop drying clothes indoors to reduce air pollution in their homes, health chiefs have warned.
- 02 Jul 2019
Thousands of NHS patients are dying because medical staff are too afraid to admit their mistakes, according to a report.
People registered with a Leicester GP practice and either living with type 2 diabetes or at risk of developing diabetes will soon be able to access a wide...
Team sport players are as good at endurance as long-distance runners and as powerful as bodybuilders - and it is down to their blend of training, a study suggests.
- 25 Jun 2019
A high-tech robot surgeon is set to transform knee replacements for thousands of NHS patients. The £800,000 ‘robodoc’ is so precise it allows doctors to make artificial joints fit perfectly, reducing the chances of them wearing out after ten...
Drinking coffee could help people slim down and avoid type 2 diabetes by helping the body burn off extra calories, according to researchers.
- 25 Jun 2019
Vitamins are important for our body, but often get ignored in our obsession with proteins and fats. Vitamins are a part of the essential micro-nutrients that are required in smaller quantities by our body, for smooth functioning of a number...
- 25 Jun 2019
A Crohn's disease patient reversed his painful condition with a vegan diet, doctors have claimed. There is currently no cure for the agonising condition, which can cause diarrhoea, abdominal pain and weight loss.
Think 10,000 steps a day is enough to stay healthy? A new study suggests we might want to move quite a bit more to improve our fitness. Experts say 15,000 steps per day – equivalent to a seven-and-a- half-mile hike – are required to gain the...
