Menopause? It can change your life for the better: It’s the ideal time for diets and the gym, say experts
Women must see the menopause as an opportunity to make crucial lifestyle changes that could prevent ill health, according to senior doctors.
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HIV prevention pill is at hand, but will it be left untaken?
Although sexual health campaigners are delighted at the news that the Proud trial is being expedited, the arrival of drugs to prevent HIV does not spell the end of Aids.
Pensioner told she had dementia and sold her house to pay for care is told 18 months later there is NOTHING wrong with her
An elderly lady diagnosed with dementia sold her house to pay for an 18 month stay in a specialist care home – only to find out there was nothing wrong with her.
Smoker’s legs are ‘nearly torn off’ after e-cigarette EXPLODES ‘like a grenade’
A smoker who switched to e-cigarettes for health reasons has described the horrific moment the device ‘nearly blew his legs off’.
Does social media impact on body image?
Magazines and television are often blamed for portraying an ideal body image that causes people to question their looks and lose confidence in themselves. But what about the role social media plays in moulding attitudes to the way we look?
Grieving dad scattered tragic daughter’s ashes near holiday home she loved as child after she drank herself to death at just 24
TRAGIC Leigh Thomson’s dad Jim is now calling for radical changes to drink laws to prevent similar tragedies – after his daughter died from alcohol-related liver disease.
Number of severely lonely men over 50 set to rise to 1m in 15 years
The number of men over the age of 50 suffering from severe loneliness in England will increase to more than 1 million in the next 15 years, research based on government statistics has revealed.
Dementia: ‘Poor support’ and misdiagnosis of early onset patients
Misdiagnosed or lacking specialist help, many people living with young onset dementia in the North West are not getting the support they need.
More paramedics quitting NHS jobs
Increasing numbers of paramedics are leaving NHS ambulance services, according to figures obtained by the BBC.
Bionic arm restores sense of feeling
Advances in bionic hands have restored a sense of touch to two patients for more than a year, report US scientists.