Issued by NHS Health Scotland, the guidance also suggests businesses organise health checks for employees and help them set personal goals on how far they walk or cycle to work each day. Dr Andrew Tannahill, head of evidence for action

In a recent Brisbane health conference, child health experts have said that family that eats together has better nutrition levels than those who miss out on the lovely experience. Based on a two-year health survey, University of Newcastle health school

The survey of 2,000 people, which was released to mark World Mental Health day, showed house repossession as the event most likely to cause mental health problems, ahead of redundancy, or finding out about infertility. Charity Rethink has called for

What's more, the researchers said that large doses of vitamin C can prove harmful for humans. The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) has published information and a quiz on the subject of prevention, helping to

SBS is a clinical condition characterized by diarrhea, dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, malabsorption, and progressive malnutrition related to a wide resection of the small intestine. One of the most important therapeutic objectives in the management of SBS is to maintain the

The three-day meeting will "discuss transboundary practices of circumcision in the region to better fight against the scourge," presidential spokesman Saidou Ouedraogo said. First ladies from the west African countries of Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Togo and Burkina

It's the second genetic connection to the kind of hair loss that many men -- and women -- experience as they grow older, said Felix F. Brockschmidt, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Bonn and one of the authors

Obesity has been described as the new worldwide epidemic, and as the (rate) of obesity increases, so does the number of women of reproductive age who are becoming overweight and obese," Dr. Mostafa Metwally and colleagues from the University of

HPV has long been known as a cause of genital warts, but in recent years most reports have focused on its association with cervical cancer. In 2006, an HPV vaccine (Gardasil) designed to prevent cervical cancer was approved for use