WHEN Tracey Morris started experiencing coughing and chest pain last Christmas she decided to soldier on, despite friends telling her to see her GP. But the 64...
THE festive season is fast approaching – a time of joy, celebration and, often, increased alcohol consumption. But “heavy drinkers” have been warned they could...
A cholera outbreak has led to the death of 13 people in Mubi North and Mubi South Local Government Areas of Adamawa state. The State Commissioner for Health, Ch...
THE key point that determines how bowel cancer will grow has been discovered by scientists in what has been labelled the “Big Bang” moment. The new finding cou...
A TINY baby weighing just 300g has been born four months early – with doctors hailing the miraculous birth as an “extraordinary medical success”. Coming into th...
MEN’S health issues, such as prostate and testicular cancer, make big headlines. But what gets less attention is why men are reluctant to seek help. Sun column...
WHEN IT comes to oral hygiene, most of us follow the general rule of brushing our teeth twice a day – once in the morning and once at night. But key mistakes c...
A SLEEP aid often marketed as ‘natural’ has been linked to a higher risk of heart failure and death. People taking the supplements had almost double the risk o...
A 16 STONE mum lost half her body weight after becoming so obese her gallbladder had to be removed. Courtney Boxill, 31, weighed 16st and 6lbs at her heaviest a...
WHEN Courtney Liniewski woke up in January 2022 to a loud bang in her head and found half her face drooping, she thought she was having a stroke. The 34-year-ol...
IN the UK, someone is diagnosed with Parkinson’s, a progressive neurological disease every 20 minutes – and it’s anticipated that by 2050, there will be 25 mill...
CHILDREN and teenagers in England face a deadly brain infection this winter that can “take hold in hours“, health chiefs have warned. Cases of the , which can c...
