A “heavy smoker” died after giving up cigarettes, as the decision caused a medication that he was taking to become toxic.

A smoker died after a fatal reaction caused by quitting cigarettes, an inquest heard. Jack Burton, 29, was on anti-psychotic ...

New US cholesterol guidelines could make 21.5 million more Americans eligible for statins by shifting the focus from a ...

In the small, sunlit village of Nuwakot, nestled in the hills of Nepal, a woman named Batuli Lamichhane became known around ...

The stigma can also affect whether people get screened for lung cancer. Doctors estimate only about 5% to 7% of people who ...

For a long time, if you had slightly high cholesterol, doctors gave pretty standard advice: eat better, get moving, lose a ...

A simple test already used by millions of doctors may soon do more than protect the heart. According to a new study from ...

Updated cholesterol guidelines could make more than half of adults ages 30 to 79 in the United States eligible for statins.

A mum says puffing on vapes laced with drugs left her teen son so paranoid he was hospitalised with psychosis. Max Benson, 15 ...

Doctors are warning that head and neck cancers are increasingly being diagnosed in younger adults, including non-smokers. The ...

Lung cancer is increasing among non-smokers. Here's what Dr Harshil Alwani wants you to know about the risk factors. | Health ...

Doctors urge people to treat stroke as a medical emergency, warning every minute costs brain cells. Controlling diabetes, hypertension and unhealthy habits, and reaching hospital quickly, can save ...