Vitamin E may have cardiovascular and brain-boosting benefits, but a new study found that men who took 400 international units of the supplement every day have an increased risk of developing prostate cancer. “The results show that men who took vitamin E alone are actually at a higher risk of developing prostate cancer by a…

Lung cancer patients could receive safer and more efficient treatment through a system being developed by researchers at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. The scientists have devised a method for giving drugs by inhalation to patients through a nebuliser, rather than the current approach of intravenous delivery. The s…

News coincides with Mental Illness Awareness Week, World Mental Health Day A new study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health has found evidence that a specific gene is linked to suicidal behaviour, adding to our knowledge of the many complex causes of suicide. This research may help doctors one day target the gene […

Kaiser Permanente study also finds heart attack and stroke risk increase when ‘good’ cholesterol levels go down Increasing levels of high-density lipoproteins, better known as HDL or “good” cholesterol, reduced the risk for heart attack and stroke among patients with diabetes. That’s according to…

A drug that can give advanced prostate cancer sufferers an extra two months to live has been rejected by the NHS’s rationing body, just days after experts said it was “futile” to keep giving chemotherapy to the terminally ill. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) said that the medicine, calle…