New food portion size guide launched by British Nutrition Foundation could help in achieving balanced diet
If you have been bothered about food portions to eat for a regular balanced diet, this simple and practical food portion guide might come...
Experts say where in the body fat is stored determines the risk of metabolic diseasesExperts believe that where on the body people store surplus fat, whether round their middle or round the liver, may be genetically determined.
Exactly where extra...
Study shows fatty fishes and a healthy diet help reduce asthma symptoms children
Eating fish such as salmon, trout and sardines and a healthy diet can reduce asthma symptoms in children, a study has found.
The clinical trial led by La...
Hypertension, diabetes and smoking could increase risk of epilepsy in later life
Hypertension, diabetes and smoking do not just precipitate cardiovascular diseases. These lifestyle factors were also associated with onset later in life of epilepsy.
Epilepsy is a a neurological disorder...
Researchers found that those who changed their mealtimes lost on average more than twice as much body fat
Modest changes in breakfast and dinner times can reduce body fat, a new pilot study in the Journal of Nutritional Sciences reports.
During...
Negative mood, like sadness and anger, is associated with higher levels of inflammationA new study says that bad or negative mood, like anger, sadness and depression, may be an indication of poor health. This research was published in the...
New research shows how advertisements for junk foods are deliberately played at those times when children watch TV
Junk food ads are shown more frequently on TV at times when many children are watching, new Heart Foundation-funded research shows.
The research,...
The two may not be apparently related but a recent study has found that men suffering from erectile dysfunction may be more likely to develop cardiovascular diseases.
According to the study published in the journal Vascular Medicine, risk factors for...
“Gay” lions in Kenya may have officials up in arms, even willing to give them moral lessons but Indians are now more open than ever to homosexual behaviour.
Whether it was the courts or the gay pride parades or simply...
Lancet study finds sharing pictures of scans showing extent of atherosclerosis lowers cardiovascular risk
It is notoriously difficult to get patients at high cardiovascular risk to do lifestyle modifications; however showing them pictures of the extent of atherosclerosis (ageing of...
