Diet and Health News and Features
 Surge in 'virginity repair' operations on the NHS Increasing numbers of women are having taxpayer-funded ‘virginity repair’ operations before marriage.inity repair' operations before marriage. |
Scientists identify cell believed to be cause of prostate cancer Samples of the 'basal' cells taken from healthy human prostate tissue triggered cancer in mice with suppressed immune systems. |
One third of young people suffer from high blood pressure A worrying 35 per-cent of those aged 16-34 have hypertension, despite the widespread belief that it is an 'old age' problem. |
Women who take calcium supplements 'increase risk of heart attack by up to 30%' A review of 11 trials suggests extra calcium can do more harm than good, even though broken bones account for thousands of deaths each year. |
Anti-addiction drugs 'effective way to treat obesity' Treating obese patients with a combination of two anti-addiction drugs could be an effective way to help them lose weight, scientists have revealed. |
Home births are too risky to be a mother's right, insist doctors An editorial in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ‘provides the strongest evidence so far that home birth can... be harmful to newborn babies’. |
One of Britain's youngest ever surviving premature babies celebrates her 21st birthday Jessica Phelan was born at just over 23 weeks and four days. But the girl who was Britain's youngest surviving premature baby at her birth, is today celebrating her 21st birthday |
Superfly with a taste for humans: Summer surge of insect bites that send victims to hospital in agony Wildlife experts are warning that a superfly with a taste for human blood is being blamed for a surge of infected insect bites that has left some victims hospitalised. |
New super-strong painkiller developed from snail spit Scientists have developed a new pain-relief pill from a chemical used by sea snails to catch their prey. |
Groundbreaking wireless sensor will monitor diabetics' glucose levels from the INSIDE Researchers have developed an implantable sensor that measures blood sugar continuously and transmits the information wirelessly. |
Kicking and lashing during sleep 'could signal dementia or Parkinson's disease Researchers found a link between people with rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorders and brain conditions many years later. |
Flip-flops 'injure 200,000 a year' costing the NHS an astonishing £40m Once worn only at the beach, flip-flops have become the regular summer footwear of choice for many, with one in five women owning at least one pair. |
The 'grow your own' hip and knee replacements with full range of movement Researchers have shown it is possible to grow properly working joints inside the body using a patient's own stem cells, after damaged bone has been removed. |
Call overweight people 'fat' instead of 'obese', says health minister Doctors should stop mincing their words and tell fat people they are fat, the public health minister said yesterday. |
Brittany Murphy: Mould in your home can kill as actress's death linked to fungus in LA mansion It may seem extraordinary, but in fact mould in the home is a common health problem, affecting tens of thousands of people in the UK. |