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Illicit drug users are almost nine times more likely to die prematurely than those who do not, a new study suggests.

24 Feb 2016

Eating fruit and vegetables with high levels of flavonoids may prevent weight gain, research suggests.

24 Feb 2016

Drugs that are widely used to treat anxiety and insomnia are not linked to an increased risk of dementia in older people, a new study

24 Feb 2016

The risk of aggression and suicide is doubled in children and adolescents who take any of the five most commonly prescribed antidepre

17 Feb 2016

Rising global rates of colorectal cancer appear to be linked to economic development, with the increasing adoption of a Western lifes

17 Feb 2016

Service improvements are needed for infants going home after cardiac surgery, say UK researchers.

17 Feb 2016

A tendency to become easily stressed during early adulthood is linked to a heightened risk of developing high blood pressure in later

17 Feb 2016

Patients admitted to hospital as medical emergencies at the weekend are significantly older and more disabled than those admitted on

17 Feb 2016

Restricting teenagers’ access to e-cigarettes could help prevent them taking up smoking in the future, say US researchers.

10 Feb 2016

Women who carry an inherited fault in the gene BRIP1 are three times more likely to develop ovarian cancer than women without the fau

10 Feb 2016

Overweight children who are physically active have better neuromuscular fitness than their inactive peers, according to latest study

10 Feb 2016

The way in which patients are offered an HIV test significantly affects whether or not they accept the test, new research suggests.

10 Feb 2016

Psychological therapies may be more effective when patient preferences are accommodated by the service, new study results suggest.

10 Feb 2016

Community nurse practitioners are key to reducing non-urgent attendances of children at emergency departments, especially in areas of high deprivation, say Australian researchers.

03 Feb 2016

Women with atrial fibrillation (AF) have a stronger risk of heart disease and death than men with AF, according to new research.

03 Feb 2016

Occupational exposure to textile dust more than doubles the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis in women, latest research suggests.

03 Feb 2016

Women who eat potatoes before pregnancy have an increased risk of developing gestational diabetes, new study results suggest.

03 Feb 2016

University College London researchers have used data from routine GP visits to develop an algorithm to help predict the five-year risk of developing dementia.

03 Feb 2016

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