Chennai: Australian physician and Nobel laureate Dr Barry J Marshall, who in the 1980s ingested ulcer-causing bacteria H pylori for a research study to prove it causes ulcers, is now working on a ...

A simple piece of string may offer more insight into your health than you expect. A growing number of people are turning to the “String Test” after it was demonstrated in an Instagram video by Dr ...

As a nation we are gaining weight rapidly, risking our lives and passing on bad habits to our children and future generations. Fast food, busy lifestyles and genetics are largely to blame and a new ...

Experts have revealed how to check your waist-to-height ratio CHECKING your child’s waist-to-height ratio is a better measure of if they’re obese than body mass index (BMI), a study shows. The simple ...

In answer to a reader’s letter about acid regurgitation, I mentioned a new test – the sponge-on-a-string test – and I thought you’d like to hear about the latest research. It comes from Cambridge ...

A warning that being overweight is bad for you is hardly news, but the message was hammered home last week by yet another big study, based on data collected from more than 2.8 million British patients ...