Light from TVs, computers, tablets and smartphones may disrupt sleep and raise risk of obesity, heart disease and depressionWatching TV or using computers, tablets or smartphones after dark may cause sleep loss and resultant health problems, a leading doctor has warned.Peering at brightly lit screens at night disrupts the body's natural rhythms and raises the…
Baby's mental development reduced where mother's diet lacks iodine, researchers say in Lancet
Concerns that firms' rights to hold patents on genes linked to breast cancer is pushing up cost of testing for diseaseAngelina Jolie's decision to speak out about her decision to have a preventive double mastectomy was intended to highlight the terrible risks of breast cancer. But the film star's move also cast a spotlight on…
The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-5, has divided medical opinionThe field of mental health will face its greatest upset in years on Saturday with the publication of the long-awaited and deeply-controversial US manual for diagnosing mental disorders.Early drafts of the book, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic…
Nottingham doctors say method could raise live birthrate by 50% by helping them choose best embryos to implantFertility specialists have developed a radical technique that can boost the chances of IVF couples having a healthy baby.Doctors in Nottingham who devised the procedure say it could raise live birthrates at their clinic to 78%, around three…
Medicines used for Alzheimer's disease and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder taken by 1% of 14 to 18-year-oldsSome young people in Britain have used drugs for dementia and other conditions to boost their mental performance, a major survey suggests.Medicines normally prescribed for Alzheimer's disease and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were taken by 1% of 14…
Criticism of Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy suggests members of the public feel they have a claim to the body parts of other peopleAngelina Jolie recently had a double mastectomy after she found she had the gene predisposing her to breast and ovarian cancer. After going public, she received a lot of…
Yes there was a barrage of waffle, loads of buzz-words and some 'miracle' treatments on offer – but good advice on offer tooDo you remember a time before anyone coined the term "anti-ageing"; a time when the most a beauty regime consisted of was slapping on some Pond's and a couple of cucumber slices? I…
In countries where health services are fragmented, there are still ways to bridge the gap between the needs of malaria survivors with neurological impairment and the resources availableEvery year in sub-Saharan Africa, more than 500,000 children contract cerebral malaria – 110,000 of these will die and many other are left with neurological impairments that can…
Actor's decision to tell her story of preventive breast cancer surgery is welcomed by medical experts worldwideIt was an extraordinarily public declaration of an incredibly private experience. But when Angelina Jolie took to the comment pages of the New York Times to declare that she had undergone a double mastectomy, she spearheaded a new awareness…
