A recent study, published in the European Heart Journal, has revealed that taking a cod liver oil supplement everyday can reduce the risk of heart failure by a third. In the study, men who did not consume fish oil normally as part of their diet, saw heart failure fall by about 33% when taking a [...]

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Recent research has shown that the thickness of ones neck may be a better indication of heart problems and risk that waist circumference. In an American study 3300 men and women, with an average age of 51, where examined by the Framlington Heart Study.
Results showed that even in subjects with a relatively healthy bodyweight, a [...]

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Apologies for the sensationalist title, but people are generally more likely to sit up and listen when they life is on the line. Several health studies have released their results this week, and it seems that the hard working, overweight, social drinkers amongst us are in dire trouble.
Firstly, obesity is still on the rise. [...]

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It is thought that within 10 years the science will be available to provide gene maps at birth, which will provide accurate predictions on risk of heart disease, cancer and diabetes.
The company working on the genome technlogy is Illumina. They believe that by 2019 it will have the technology to map out an infants genes, [...]

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Recent research has revealed a link between heavy cannabis users and testicular cancer. The research is published in the journal Cancer. From the study group of 369 men, those that were regular marijuana users doubled the risk of developing testicular cancer compared to those who never smoked it.Also the research suggests at this stage that [...]

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