The Occupational Health and Safety unit has issued a set of guidelines for workers to reduce heat stress risks. The guidelines speak about the effects of heat and the sun on workers and their...

Many sick kids can't or won't swallow pills - and that can make them sicker. But there may be some pretty simple ways to help the medicine go down, a new study says. Dr. Kathleen Bradford and...

Parliamentary Secretary for Health Chris Fearne this morning confirmed that his secretariat is in talks with Northumbria University – based in Newcastle – to set up a nursing campus in...

The world's leading malaria vaccine candidate appears to be a disappointment, with final study results showing it doesn't work very well and that initial protection fades over time. Despite the...

The psychological issues of dealing with breast cancer are often more troublesome than the physical ones. Patients may face issues of insecurity, sexual intimacy and fear. Their loved ones also have...

Gluten is the Latin word for glue. In food science, gluten is a protein composite found in wheat and related grains, including barley and rye. Yet this protein that gives elasticity and viscosity to...

Asthma attacks all age groups but it often starts in childhood. It is characterised by recurrent attacks of breathlessness and wheezing, which can vary in severity and frequency from person to person,...

I don't know about you, but I love a quick fix to any problem. Yes, of course I know that it's far better to take the longer, traditional route to weight loss success, but (if I am being honest) I am...

Becoming a mother is one of the best experiences a woman can have. But pregnancy takes its toll too, physically and emotionally, and Trying to shed extra weight, heavy breasts that leak milk, and...

A promising football talent, the Italian Felice Natalino, was signed up as an Inter player at 18 and played at Champions League level in 2010. He was already being hailed as Inter's next rising star,...