Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health completed a study in which they found eating five servings of white rice per week was associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. Eating two or more servings of brown rice was associated with a lower risk of the disease. They also found replacing 50 [...]

Australian women as young as 18 are taking overseas cosmetic-surgery holidays to “reclaim” their youth. Single mother Ambah Young, 18, will head to Malaysia in a fortnight to have a tummy tuck, a boob job and a “designer” vagina procedure. But the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery has raised concerns about the appropriateness of such [...]

Painters are at significantly increased risk of developing bladder cancer and the danger increases the longer a person works in the trade, a new study has found. The study found that plasterers, glaziers, wallpaper hangers, artists and decorators were exposed to the same risk. Author of the study, Dr Neela Guha, said the risk arises [...]

Millionaire who raised the price of widely-used drugs by 1,000% over two years says: ‘I don’t have to justify my profits to anyone’. Drugs companies making everyday medicines for the NHS are facing claims of profiteering after imposing huge price rises for commonly prescribed drugs. The increases – some as high as 1,000 per cent [...]