2 h. ago Households told to unplug common items 'as soon as they're not being used'

Experts have worked out how much your appliances could be costing you on standby over the course of a year - and they have revealed the exact savings you could make

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3 h. ago The supplement that could prevent a birth defect affecting 13 UK babies every day

Groundbreaking new research has big implications for heart disease in babies

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22 h. ago Common household plastic linked to 350,000 heart disease deaths a year

A chemical used in food containers and shower curtains has been linked to thousands of global deaths from heart disease

Events

44 h. ago Autopsy confirms Gene Hackman died from heart disease, notes his Alzheimer's and prolonged fasting

An autopsy report confirms the main cause of actor Gene Hackman's death was heart disease and notes he was in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease and likely had not eaten for a long time

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50 h. ago Simple 'bad cholesterol' test could better predict heart disease risk and 'replace standard tests'

A simple blood test for "bad" cholesterol proteins could be a more accurate risk predictor of cardiovascular disease

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51 h. ago Final autopsy results on Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, reveal complex health issues

Report confirms that Arakawa died of hantavirus and her husband, who had heart problems and Alzeimer’s disease, may not have realised she had diedTwo months after the actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their home in Santa Fe, final autopsy results on the couple have been released.These shed further light on the state of health of Hackman, 95, at the time when his and his wife’s bodies, along with that of one of their dogs, were found by a maintenance worker on 26 February. It is believed that Hackman died around a week after his wife, whose cause of death was hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare rodent-borne disease. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Test for ‘bad cholesterol’ proteins could better predict heart disease risk

Researchers in Sweden and the US suggest measuring levels of lipoproteins may be a more accurate risk predictor.

Events

63 h. ago How raisins with your morning cereal could help you live longer

Scientists found adding any kind of dried fruit to the morning meal slashed the risk of dying from heart disease by 18 per cent and cancer by 11 per cent.

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64 h. ago So much for a bonfire of the quangos! Figures show at least 350 bosses earn more than the Prime Minister

More than 350 quango bosses received a higher taxpayer-paid salary than the £172,153 Keir Starmer is entitled to.

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5 d. ago Urgent warning to parents as common household product leaves daughter 'blinded in one eye'

According to Jodi lowe, her daughter Luca began screaming and inadvertently rubbed the product across her eyes before she could intervene.

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5 d. ago Neurologist's stark warning over drug millions take increasing dementia risk

Neurologists have discovered that a common household drug, which has been previously linked to higher risk of stroke, broken bones and kidney disease, could increase dementia risk

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5 d. ago Footballer who comforted Glenn Hoddle during heart attack to run London Marathon

Steve Sidwell will run the London Marathon in support of the British Heart Foundation, as well as the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

Sport

6 d. ago The supplement that could prevent common heart disease birth defect

This is the first time anaemia in the early stages of pregnancy has been identified as an issue

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7 d. ago Pregnant women being low in iron could increase risk of heart defects in babies

'Game changer' discovery sparks urgent trials to see if taking iron supplements could cut the risk of deadly congenital heart disease in newborns

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7 d. ago ‘Gamechanger’ discovery in preventing the most common form of birth defect

This is the first time anaemia in the early stages of pregnancy has been identified as an issue

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7 d. ago Low iron in pregnancy linked to newborn heart disease in ‘gamechanger’ discovery

This is the first time anaemia in the early stages of pregnancy has been identified as an issue.

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8 d. ago Is this the new Ozempic? The doctor who believes that peptides therapy could be the key to a longer life

The molecules found in Ozempic and Mounjaro could be the secret to curing Alzheimer’s and heart disease, explains London-based longevity expert Dr Mohammed Enayat

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9 d. ago Professor Tim Spector says eat seven foods to slash inflammation

Inflammation is part of the body's healing process but it can also lead to diseases, or increase complications from them, including heart and circulatory diseases

Society

1 week ago Lyme disease symptoms warning as delay in treatment could hurt heart, brain and bones

Fans know the condition all too well after it’s forced a number of celebrities bow out of the limelight

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1 week ago Katie Price 'heartbroken' as devastated son Harvey, 22, is forced to leave her and return to college as she documents the challenging 200

The former glamour model, 46, who was at risk of having to withdraw her son from the £350,000-a-year Cheltenham school amid her bankruptcy , admitted Harvey wanted to stay with her.

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