Health

Scientists at Anglia Ruskin University are carrying out research that promises to make some of our favourite processed foods healthier. A talk in Cambridge this Saturday, dubbed "Burgers, bacteria and heart disease: Making sense of the processed food debate", will unveil how some of the nation's most loved meals could become far less harmful. Dr Erridge has discovered that many processed foods contain chemicals that cause our immune systems to be over-activated. Molecules called PAMPs (pathogen associated molecular pattern) are released...

Viagra may reduce the risk of bowel cancer, according to new research. The study suggests that a small, daily dose of the drug prescribed to tackle erectile dysfunction "significantly reduces" the risk of colorectal cancer risk in animals. Scientists found that Viagra cut in half the formation of polyps, an abnormal and clump of cells on the lining of the intestines that may become cancer. Dr. Darren Browning, of Augusta University in the United States, says the next steps should...

Anti-smoking campaigners in Australia were given a nasty shock this week with news that the consumption of cigarettes has risen for the first time in more than a decade. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that just under a $4b was spent on tobacco products in the final quarter of 2017 – a 2.6 per cent rise compared with the same period 12 months earlier. The news is surprising for several reasons, not least because smoking rates in the...

Cycling is championed as one of the healthiest and most environmentally friendly ways of getting around, with major cities recently rolling out their own versions of the Boris Bike, to encourage cycling as a form of travel. However, with London seeing a record 610,000 journeys by bicycle on a daily basis, and other towns doing their best to advocate cycling, it is important that people know how to keep themselves safe, and how to respond should they find themselves involved...

Some Chinese meals should carry a health warning, say campaigners

A new drug for the deadliest form of breast cancer has been developed by scientists. The drug is particularly effective in treating the triple negative aggressive breast cancer that often kills women under 40. It attacks cells in the 10-15 per cent of aggressive cases that are resistant to hormone therapy. Left untreated these 'triple negative' cancers are more likely to spread and often recur. Now an international team has found a way to transform these aggressive tumours making them...

Joy Smith says she won £84,000 after entering a Loose Women TV competition while stoned in bed

He only has 25 per cent hearing

Janice Richardson, 55, had two friends willing to donate a kidney to her when she accepted the organ from a dead patient, who was a heavy smoker in October 2013.