How do I reduce the risk of having a stroke?

Doctors now think that 90% of strokes are preventable through lifestyle changes, including eating less salt and processed food, quitting smoking and exercising more. Should you be changing your habits?

‘I’ve been a homeopathic vet for 40 years, so how can I be seen as a fraud?’

Fifty vets are licensed to use homeopathy. But a petition signed by 1,000 wants a ‘disproven’ treatment blacklisted

Pregnant women wasting money on vitamin supplements, study says

Research claims multivitamins and minerals do not improve mothers’ or babies’ health and are an unnecessary expense

Eating more saturated fats raises risk of early death, says US study

Findings based on 126,000 people counter recent claims that people should eat more fat and fewer carbohydrates

Most women undergoing fertility treatment will give birth within five years

Danish study showed 71% were successful within timeframe but chances of success were strongly linked to age, said researchers

‘Silent epidemic’ of chronic pain affects nearly 28 million in UK, study suggests

Review finds women are more likely to experience chronic pain than men, while prevalence was generally found to increase with age

Scans show possible link between brain development and antisocial behaviour

‘Striking’ structural differences seen in study which compared brain scans of young men with antisocial behavioural problems with their healthy peers

Doctors edge closer to creating babies with DNA from three people

Studies on embryos made with extra DNA showed majority were indistinguishable from standard IVF embryos

Marriage may improve chances of surviving a heart attack, say researchers

Study indicates that married people are 14% less likely to die from a heart attack than single patients, while divorced people fare worst of all

NHS refusal to fund HIV prevention treatment is shameful, say charities

PrEP, which can reduce risk of HIV infection by up to 86%, falls outside health service remit, says NHS England