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Healthy lifestyle may protect against dementia: Not smoking, avoiding alcohol and exercising more ‘cuts the risk of the memory-robbing disorder by a THIRD’ The study by Dutch academics followed 6,000 people for an average of 14 years They found having unhealthy habits raises the risk of dementia by around 29% But an unhealthy lifestyle ‘made … Read more
A woman claims she has had a never-ending headache for eight years after being struck by a ball on the back of her head. Ashley Rogers, 23, from Houston, was a keen volleyball player when in January 2011 she suffered a blow to the head by a softball. She had experienced a headache for the … Read more
Anxiety sufferers should be given lavender oil as a first line of treatment instead of addictive drugs, a psychiatrist has claimed. Professor Hans Peter-Volz said doctors are too quick to dish out benzodiazepines and other drugs to patients with anxiety. Instead, patients with a mild form of the disorder should be given natural remedies, including … Read more
A mother has today told how a car crash allowed doctors to discover she had a potentially deadly brain tumour. Elaine Lee-Tubby was taken to hospital amid fears she sustained a brain injury because of her severe headaches following her accident in 2017. Doctors referred the 47-year-old marketing executive for an MRI scan, which spotted … Read more
A shop worker claims she suffered a stroke that left her arm swinging ‘with a life of its own’ before she was left paralysed after taking the Pill. Bobbie Jarvis, 24, was sent home from hospital in February after doctors told her she merely had a headache. But five days later, she had a stroke … Read more
Three quarters of ‘healthy’ children’s food claiming to have ‘one of five-a-day’ fruit and vegetables DOESN’T have the recommended portion size –and may be fuelling obesity Researchers from the University of Glasgow tested 332 supermarket products They found 41 per cent of them were less healthy than they claimed to be Claims of no added … Read more
An avid swimmer claims doctors accused her of ‘secret eating’ when a medical condition saw her pile on eight stone of fat. Clodagh Moane was only diagnosed with lipoedema in January, after spending 18 months trying to convince doctors the extra fat was not her fault. Her legs and arms started to balloon in 2017, … Read more