Health & Beauty

A Queen’s University doctor has played a key role in a major breakthrough to change the lives of cystic fibrosis sufferers.

Silver Travel Advisor’s top tips for freely available health & beauty treatments, compiled by pharmacist and Silver Travel Advisor member Dave Harcombe, (www.silvertraveladvisor.com) the voice of the mature traveller, has come up with top tips for easily found natural beauty remedies for holiday

Health conscious Brits, now feeling a prick of conscience following UK Action on Sugars recent call to cut sugar intake, may be relieved to know that there is an easy and natural solution in the shape of California's plump prunes.

Leicester research reveals why hearing loss is correlated with auditory signals failing to get transmitted along the auditory nerve A research team investigating tinnitus, from the university of Leicester, has revealed new insights into the link between the exposure to loud sounds and hearing loss.

A study conducted over the last five years has revealed that the average cost of a wedding in the UK is now above a staggering £18,000. The figures come at a time when young couples have to choose between planning their dream day, getting a foot on the property ladder or starting a family.

Researchers are looking at new food production methods to extract valuable natural compounds from fruits like blackberries. Their work could lead to greater use in foods and medicines to improve public health and wellbeing.

Dr Melanie Brown expert fertility nutritionist at The Harley Street Fertility Clinic (HSFC) said that excess sugar in the diet can affect both men and women’s ability to conceive.

To identify people in the early stages of Parkinson's scientists are developing a new 'teardrop' test. Powerful MRI scans have revealed that suffers with this disease do not have a distinctive teardrop mark in their brains unlike the healthy people who do.

Gum disease and bad teeth say scientists could be linked to Alzheimer's. Bacteria caused by poor oral hygiene can kill off nerve cells once they reach the brain which causes confusion and memory loss which is associated with dementia.