There is more to health and fitness and good nutrition – professional health care is as important, especially when illness rears its ugly head. But the healthcare industry is suffering because of a lack of nurses and other experienced health…

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Healthy testosterone levels are vital in helping men stay strong, and live longer, happier lives. Here we explain a little of the science surround it and also look at ways to give it a boost.

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The government will come up with a new scheme that really does get people active and interested in exercise again. Can it happen?

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The aggressive marketing tactics used by the very lucrative food and drink industry does appear to be a key reason why so many people are obese today.

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British children are abusing laxative pills in an attempt to lose weight. Learn the dangers.

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Researchers find that exercise helps to reduce cancer cells when combined with chemotherapy.

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Health researchers from Yale have made a new discovery and with it a new condition that causes, or is linked with, obesity. The study was reported in the journal Current Biology. Yale School of Medicine found that some obese women have…

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A group of health researchers have declared that labelling some people with pre-diabetes is both unhelpful and unnecessary. Pre-diabetes is defined as somebody who is close to developing type 2 diabetes. Health researches have published in the Too Much Medicine section…

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A scientific report published in August 2010 confirmed that if you are overweight, and specifically have excess stromach fat, you are at much greater risk of early death than people of a healthy weight.

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Fergus Walsh from BBC News reported today that new research into chronotherapy, which is the science of how the natural body clock affects various medical conditions, has revealed that our muscles are naturally strongest in the late afternoon. If you…

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Magnets may be attractive, but weight loss just does not stick

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