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Sleep quality could impact your Alzheimer’s risk
We all know that quality sleep can help anything from boosting your mood to rebuilding your immune system, but new research suggests that prolonged periods of poor sleep can actually increase the [...]

Mediterranean diet shown to reduce risk of colorectal cancer
Researchers from the Tel-Aviv Medical Centre, Israel, used dietary questionnaires for 808 patients aged between 40 and 70 years and undergoing screening or diagnostic colonoscopies, with low risk [...]

Consuming coffee could cut your risk of dying
Two new studies, both published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, examined the coffee consumption of large and diverse groups of people, giving us a fantastic indication of how it can affect [...]

Drinking alcohol could be ageing your body’s cells
While it’s true that moderate alcohol drinking may have beneficial effects to the risks of heart disease and strokes amongst others, drinking alcohol does undoubtedly pose some risks to our [...]

Managing diabetes in five simple steps
The decisions you make on a daily basis can have massive implications for your condition. The food you drink, the medications you take, the exercise you do (or don’t do), all have an effect on [...]

Do I need to be taking beta-blockers following a heart attack?
Current UK medical guidelines recommend that all patients who have suffered a heart attack should be prescribed beta-blockers for at least one year – with those having suffered heart failure [...]

New prostate cancer breakthrough
Whenever there is a significant breakthrough in the treatment of cancer, I always feel a sense of relief. As a condition that plagues our lifetime, new and promising therapies are always greatly [...]

Caraway essential oil: From allergy to stress relief
Caraway essential oil that is extracted from the seeds — with its sweet, spicy odour and slight peppery smell — is used in cosmetic applications to fragrance soaps, toothpaste and perfumes.