OVER 60 diseases and injuries are “100 per cent caused by alcohol”, scientists say – from heart disease to liver scarring.

A new review published in the journal Addiction confirms drinking causes substantial harm to health. Some of those harms may ...

Even mild drinking is toxic to the body, contributing to long-term disease. Yet in many cases you can reverse that damage, ...

THE day Georgia Nona’s son, now eight, was diagnosed with childhood dementia was the “worst day of my life”, she says. Little ...

The death of a Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) teacher whose symptoms led doctors to suspect Japanese encephalitis (JE) has renewed concern over the mosquito-borne virus ...

Science reveals that reducing or quitting alcohol can help reverse its harmful effects, improving immunity and lowering the ...

Brain-eating amoebas are thriving in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, and they’re probably more widespread than ...

T he elimination of measles from the Americas in 2016 was spectacular. No other region of the world had ever managed to go a ...

Kirsten Chick MSc is a Brighton-based nutritionist, and author of Nutrition Brought to Life.

A sexually transmitted infection (STI) that almost disappeared is back — with a vengeance. The medieval STI can silently but ...

New research suggests a high-fat diet can turn the vagus nerve into a microbial highway, allowing gut bacteria to breach the ...