STOMACH bleeds caused by aspirin are considerably less serious than the spontaneous bleeds that can occur in people not taking the drug, a study has revealed.
A KIDNEY cancer drug which starves tumours of the nutrients it needs to survive has successfully stopped the growth of the cancer in 93 per cent of patients, researchers have revealed.
CASES of meningitis and and septicaemia could rise over Christmas, with experts urging people not to mistake critical early-warning signs of the deadly conditions for flu symptoms.
POST-TRAUMATIC stress disorder is an anxiety disorder caused by very stressful, frightening or distressing events - often forcing people to relive the traumatic event.
TYPE 2 diabetes can lead to very serious health problems - such as kidney failure and limb amputations. New research has revealed hundreds of sufferers feel anxious about hypoglycaemia - low blood sugar levels - and instead risk living with high blood glucose levels.
DR HILARY JONES has warned people suffering with breathlessness or a persistent cough could be living with undiagnosed lung cancer or an incurable condition called COPD.
WOMEN who conceive within six months of a miscarriage are more likely to have a successful pregnancy than those who wait longer, according to new analysis.
CLUMPS of the protein which could cause Parkinson’s disease can travel from the gut into the brains of mice - indicating growing evidence the neurological disease could start in the digestive system.
KLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME, also known as Sleeping Beauty syndrome - is a rare condition which experts believe only affects around 1,000 people in the world.
A CHARITY has called for emergency contraception - the morning-after-pill to be reclassified, reduced in praice and made available to buy straight from the shop shelf.
A PLAN to ask obese people and smokers to lose weight and quit cigarettes or face delays to routine operations has been given the green light by health bosses.