Omega 3 supplements are often touted as helping to prevent heart attacks and strokes, but there is growing evidence that they do nothing of the…

In the busy resort of Val D’Isère, there are plenty of ski schools vying for the attention of the thousands of visitors every year. Simon…

Researchers from UCL and Loughborough University have apparently discovered that people with excess fat around their tummies have less grey matter in their brains than…

Resistance to antibiotics is a worldwide problem and an emergency that could be as serious a threat to human beings as climate change. Health secretary…

At this time of year, knee ligament injuries tend to flood orthopaedic clinics as people return from the ski slopes. The most common ligament injury…

I first came across the VivaMayr Clinic in Altaussee in Austria just over two years ago, after it had been repeatedly recommended to me by…

According to a recent study in Germany, regular aerobic exercise actually helps to prevent your cells from shrivelling up as you get older. Inside the…

Shoulder pain is incredibly common. Some studies suggest that it accounts for anything up to 70% of musculoskeletal attendances at a GP surgery. One of…

Every day, one in 10,000 people worldwide sustain a lateral ligament injury of the ankle – making this by far the commonest ligament injury seen…