More than 99% of people who developed heart disease, stroke or heart failure in a large study had at least one common cardiovascular risk factor beforehand. Those factors involved blood pressure, ...

Survival has improved for men in England whose prostate cancer had already spread when it was diagnosed, a national study has ...

A study of nearly half a million adults suggests that everyday surroundings and habits can add useful information to ...

Cannabinol, a cannabis ingredient sold in some sleep products, produced signs of physical dependence in mice, researchers ...

Giving mice olive oil before a dose of sugar slowed the early rise in their blood sugar, researchers have found. The effect ...

Eating peanuts or peanut-based products changes the pattern of fats circulating in the blood, researchers have found. A ...

About two-thirds of older adults who answered survey questions themselves did not report a dementia diagnosis that appeared ...

Rare changes in a gene involved in storing fat were more common in a selected group of people with anorexia than in a ...

A wristwatch-style sensor has recorded signals linked to sodium and potassium in sweat while a construction worker carried ...

People with type 2 diabetes who reported longer sleep were more likely to develop or experience worsening kidney disease, a ...

Heart problems do not always begin with sudden, severe chest pain. Breathlessness, unusual tiredness, swelling and changes in ...

Eating vegetables before the carbohydrate portion of a meal may soften the early rise in blood sugar, a review has found.