If you suffer from chronic pain, anecdotal evidence shows that you’re more likely to suffer pain from conditions such as osteoarthritis when the temperature drops….

Doctors and physios have been insisting that reducing inflammation aids recovery from injured soft tissue since the 1970s. The acronym RICE: Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation…

Two studies in the last year have concluded that over-the-counter anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen and aspirin could have a surprising side-effect of reducing depression. Last…

People often claim that the pain of arthritis gets worse when it’s cold and damp. New research from the University of Manchester (published in NPJ…

Google has developed a prototype computer that can perform a task in 200 seconds that would take the world’s fastest supercomputer 10,000 years to complete….

The World Obesity Federation has released its findings from a study of 196 countries worldwide. In their ‘Atlas of Childhood Obesity’, the WOF forecasts that…

A new study indicates that positive thinking can increase our chances of living past the age of 85 by 50% or more. Researchers from Boston…

Performance athletes look after their bodies – their teeth included. In a study of 352 male and female athletes from 11 sports, including cycling, swimming,…

The International Agency for Research on Cancer recently concluded a study across 10 European countries, with 450,000 participants over an average period of 16 years…