A recent study conducted by US researchers at the research institution in Oakland California has found that heavy smoking in mid-life doubles the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, and greatly increases the risk of another form of vascular dementia. The study involved tracking the progress of over 21,000 middle-aged men and women for an average of read more »

As it stands around one in ten adults are now so obese that their GP considers their weight to be a serious threat to their health. There are currently over 5.5million over 16s on the official obesity register which is held by GPs, a figure which has risen a quarter in the past year alone. read more »

According to recent research, in the past year one in five workers has felt so exhausted from lack of sleep they have called in sick to work, costing businesses an estimated £1.6 billion a year through sick leave, reports the Daily Mail. A poll of around 10,000 individuals found that when worn out, workers are read more »

Tulisa Contostavalos, singer and star of popular music group N-Dubz has undergone a course of hypnotherapy in a bid to help her stop sqeezing the spots on her face. As a teenager the singer suffered very severe breakouts and became obsessed with trying to reduce the appearance of the blemishes on her face. Though the read more »

We are all aware Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) has extremely debilitating effects on those who battle with the illness but we don’t often spare a thought for the families of sufferers and their struggle to help their loved ones. A recent article featured on BBC News heard the story of a family plagued by OCD read more »

Today marks the beginning of 2010′s Alcohol Awareness Week, of which the focus is ‘Alcohol and Childhood’. Over the course of the next seven days Alcohol Concern will be posing the question ‘is alcohol damaging childhood’ in their annual week of action which hopes to raise awareness of alcohol misuse issues. This year the theme read more »

According to the findings of an analysis of 13,000 smokers, ex smokers and those who have never smoked by researchers from Cardiff University and Ash Wales, smokers are more likely to binge drink, have a poor diet and face mental illness. The study, which analysed the profiles of 13,000 smokers, ex smokers and non smokers read more »

We all know that cigarettes are bad for us, but do we know why and what’s inside? Many people argue that if tobacco was discovered today, it would be too dangerous to be licensed for human consumption, so whats actually in cigarettes that makes them pose such a great risk to our health? As well read more »

Though gastric bypass surgery undoubtedly has its benefits such as increased life expectancy, lower cholesterol and lower blood pressure – there are concerns about this type of surgery when used on adolescents who are morbidly obese. While the risk of death in adults is currently very low at below 1 per cent, there are a read more »

A survey of 3,000 adults, carried out by bed firm Slumberland has found that almost three-quarters of Britain’s struggle to get to sleep on a regular basis due to work worries. The results also found that when we do eventually fall asleep, one third of us dream about our jobs at least twice a week, read more »