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Danish researchers have found that a man’s weight affects the information passed on through his sperm and could leave his children predisposed to obesity. Their study, according to the BBC,…

UK government ministers are considering whether homeopathy should be put on a blacklist of treatments GPs in England are banned from prescribing, with critics saying it is nothing more than…

Online gaming is becoming an addictive problem and a recent study has shown that children who play video games twice a day are less likely to achieve five good GCSE…

Many may envisage the life of a modern touring musician to be that of a glorified jetsetter but the reality is far from idyllic, according to a recent study. Depression,…

There are many ‘treatments’ for women undergoing menopause and a recent report shows that hypnotherapy can be a very effective way to overcome the effects of menopause – better than…

The state of our health in the United Kingdom is not all that good and the recently published Scottish Health Survey for 2014 lends strength to that claim. It shows…

For most things in our lives, there is a logical or a rational explanation. But many of us suffer from irrational fears which seem to have no rhyme or reason…

Way back in 1962, the Royal College of Physicians launched a telling report on the dangers of smoking in a blaze of publicity, using what was then a new technique…

Obesity and eating disorders are becoming more prevalent among Britain’s young, recent surveys show with 33% of children overweight or obese by the time they leave primary school. Simon Stevens,…

Many of us have bad habits, ranging from smoking to biting our nails and over-eating to grinding our teeth. All of these we know are bad yet we seem compelled…