It’s no secret that omega-3 fatty acids, the kind found abundantly in fish, provide a host of benefits for the heart and body. And a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology shows strong links between consuming fish regularly and…

Rising rates of breast cancer in the UK are projected to see deaths from the disease rise from 2022 due to healthcare inequalities, find a new analysis by the UK charity Breast Cancer Now published Friday. Despite progress in recent decades, the rising incidence of…

If you’ve ever had to worry about where your next paycheck would come from, you know how anxiety-inducing and depressing it can be to feel like you don’t have enough to survive on. Though depression is a complicated condition and there’s often not one single…

A 55-year-old woman in Spain died from an allergic reaction to bee venom while undergoing a pain management treatment called apitherapy. A woman hoping to get the healing effects of “bee acupuncture” ended up dying from the treatment, SF Gate reported. The 55-year-old Spaniard was getting “apitherapy,”…

People with heart disease need to be careful about using the common antibiotic clarithromycin, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. Heart disease patients who take the drug, sold under the brand name Biaxin, can die years later, the FDA said. The FDA said it…

Fears over a dengue vaccine in the Philippines have led to a big drop in immunisation rates for preventable diseases, officials have warned. Health Under-Secretary Enrique Domingo said many parents were refusing to get their children vaccinated for polio, chicken pox and tetanus. The fears…

Smokers need to quit cigarettes rather than cut back on them to significantly lower their risk of heart disease and stroke, a large BMJ study suggests. People who smoked even one cigarette a day were still about 50% more likely to develop heart disease and…

The most common hallucination experienced by people with schizophrenia is hearing voices. The voices often threaten and insult the sufferer, damaging the self-esteem of people already dealing with a difficult condition. But a new study has shown that rude virtual avatars that hurl abuse at…