Health

Researchers at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, have mapped out the biggest danger zones - and it all boils down to an area you might think would be the cleanest of all.

Chemotherapy can make paitents sensitive for weeks on end. But experts from the University of Iowa claim it can be stopped by taking a nicotinamide riboside supplement - found in beer and milk.

EXCLUSIVE: Men have long been concerned with their penis size - and now London surgeons Roberto and Maurizio Viel are helping to increase their lot.

Using mice, University of North Carolina researchers found the loss of collateral vessels in old age is prevented by exercise. This can reduce the severity of a potentially deadly stroke, they say.

Drugs similar to aspirin and ibuprofen were found to stop the deadly response to an infection in worms, according to new research from the University of Colorado Boulder.

Experts say the vast majority of the sugar children eat is hidden in common foods such as cereals and soft drinks, making it hard for parents to control what they consume.

Scientists in Sweden and Japan found that European and African strains of Helicobacter plyori mixed together across the Americas, contributing to high rates of stomach cancer today.

Donna Zavaglia, 42, from Victoria, had a varicose vein procedure when she was 30 years old. But she nearly died after contracting necrotising fasciitis and had to undergo 18 surgeries.

A new study from the University of Michigan has found that the weight that women gain after having a baby is often due to their lifestyle and not pregnancy because they put the needs of their kids first.

Offered in a private clinic in London, it has helped many patients to achieve more orgasms and a more enjoyable love life, according to Dr Sharif Wakil, who has given the jab to 2,000 women.

A new study has found the drug's damaging impacts on DNA can be passed on through sperm, hampering the fetus's brain development.

Researchers at the universities of York, Leeds and Helsinki have now found there are many signals are dispersed throughout the virus rather than in one place.

A new study from the IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute in Barcelona, Spain has found a vaccine that has 'functionally cured' five HIV patients. It could prevent the need to take antiretroivral drugs again.

New research from the University of Sydney suggests that sufferers of back pain - a common problem across the world - are actually 13 per cent more likely to die early from any cause.

Those exposed to several months of work pressure weigh more than their relaxed colleagues, a study conducted by researchers at University College London suggests.

Experts now recommend ten portions of fruit and vegetables to ward off disease. This would prevent 7,200 cancer deaths and almost 14,000 from strokes every year, London researchers claim.

While many may not want to know the pain which awaits them, the research by the University of Adelaide could help people change their activities to lower their risk.

Imperial researchers say fruit and vegetable intake above five-a-day shows major benefit in reducing the chance of heart attack, stroke, cancer and early death.

A quarter of adults say they drink alcohol before nodding off, up from 16 per cent four years ago, according to a survey of 5,002 British men and women.

People who consistently slept for more than nine hours each night were twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia, researchers from Boston University Medical Center found.

A cost-cutting scheme being imposed by two health trusts in Cheshire will refuse the operations to anyone with a body mass index above 35.

Norwegian and US scientists found women infected with or who had a flare-up of herpes during early pregnancy were twice as likely to have an autistic child. One in 5 Americans have the virus. 

A study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that men who workout strenuously, and for a prolonged period of time, have lower libidos than those who do lighter exercise.

The study of 492 Brazilian women found that the rate of occurrence of severe periodontitis was 44 per cent lower in those who received osteoporosis treatment - drugs that work similar to estrogen.

According to experts from Ohio State University, chemical reactions in the body provide a mother with tell-tale signs of whether she's carrying a boy or a girl.

Cat owners no longer need to fear being driven mad by their pets. Scientists from University College London discredited a link between a common feline parasite and psychosis.

Being better educated will give you a better memory, but scientists now say it will not stop you losing it as you get older after a study of 11,000 people from University College London.

Ava Twomey, from Cork, Ireland, has a drug-resistant form of epilepsy known as Dravet syndrome. As a result, she can be plagued with as many as 20 horrifying fits a day.