Scientists find that smoking harms livers of unborn babies

The impact of cigarette damage to unborn babies has been revealed in a new stem cell…

Fitness trackers ‘poor at measuring calories burned’

Most fitness trackers are good at measuring heart rate but poor at measuring calories burned, a…

A drink a day tied to higher breast cancer risk, report says

Researchers have long known that having one too many cocktails might be associated with an increased risk of…

HIV life expectancy ‘near normal’

Young people on the latest HIV drugs now have near-normal life expectancy because of improvements in…

‘Heart attack risk’ for common painkillers

A fresh study suggests there may be a link between taking high doses of common anti-inflammatory…

Non-O blood group ‘linked to higher heart attack risk’

People with a non-O blood group have a slightly increased risk of heart attack and stroke,…