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Ex-Smokers Can Gain An Extra 10 Years, Says Study

PA | Posted 28.10.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Women smokers can earn themselves 10 years of extra life by quitting the habit before middle age, say scientists. A study of 1.3 million women foun...

Decrease Job Stress For A Healthy Heart

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.09.2012 | UK Lifestyle

If that enticing job offer involves piling on the stress, it might pay to think again. The popular idea that over-demanding work increases the risk...

Spray On Skin Treatment Developed By Scientists

PA | Posted 03.08.2012 | UK Lifestyle

A "spray-on skin" developed by scientists could greatly improve recovery from chronic leg ulcers, research suggests. The treatment consists of skin...

Don't Die of Indolence

Sam Murphy | Posted 19.09.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Sam Murphy

The Olympic legacy was meant to be a fitter, more active nation, but research published this week in The Lancet shows that two out of three Britons are not meeting the weekly physical activity guidelines. In fact, we are among the least active nations in the developed world.

Physical Inactivity As Deadly As Smoking, Warns Report

The Huffington Post | Sarah O'Meara | Posted 18.07.2012 | UK Lifestyle

A stark report published in The Lancet today suggests that physical inactivity is a greater risk to public health than smoking. Exercise can no lon...

Gene Study Raises Hopes For Better Arthritis Drugs

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.07.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Eight new genetic links to osteoarthritis have been uncovered that could help scientists develop better treatments for the disease. Previously, onl...

Are Arthritis Drugs The Key To Warding Off Heart Disease?

PA / The Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.03.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Arthritis drugs could provide a new approach to treating heart disease by targeting inflammation, research suggests. Two new genetic studies have f...

Edging Closer to Mending Broken Hearts

Professor Peter Weissberg | Posted 16.04.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Professor Peter Weissberg

A decade ago, scientists in America discovered that a few cells in your heart, about 1 in 1,000, could divide. If we fast-forward to the present day then we're edging closer to the holy grail of mending broken hearts.

One Of Lansley's Main Excuses For NHS Reform Is Taken Apart

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.02.2012 | UK Politics

Pressure on Andrew Lansley and his NHS reforms was taken up another notch on Monday morning as the influential medical journal The Lancet comprehensiv...

Aspirin Cuts Hereditary Cancer Risk By 60%, Says Study

PA | Posted 27.12.2011 | UK

Many thousands of hereditary cancers and deaths could be prevented simply by taking aspirin, a landmark study has found. Two pills a day cut the lo...

26 Million Will Be Obese In UK By 2030, Expert Predicts

PA | Posted 25.10.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Abundant rich food, too little exercise, and lack of will on the part of policymakers could swell the number of obese Britons to ...

15 Minutes Of Daily Exercise Could Add Three Years To Your Life

The Huffington Post UK | Georgia James | Posted 16.10.2011 | UK Lifestyle

As little as 15 minutes of exercise a day can boost life expectancy by three years according to the latest research from Taiwan. The research findi...

How To Beat Alzheimer’s (In Seven Easy Steps)

The Huffington Post | Dina Rickman | Posted 18.09.2011 | UK

Three million cases of Alzheimer’s across the world could be prevented in seven easy ways, a study in The Lancet Neurology suggests. A mixture of...