Ra 4 Food - Health and Nutritional Tips

Are you one of the millions who pop a multi-vitamin pill daily? Then, there is some bad news for you as a new study claims it is nothing but “a waste of money” . Taking vitamins to protect against disease is a waste of money, according to new reports. The New Research claims that the [...]

According to new research chocolate can now help you live longer – as long as you do not overindulge on it that is.
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health are claiming that people who eat chocolate and other sweet treats at least three times in any one given month could live [...]

In a bid to make cigarette smoking less appealing towards children, MPs are pushing for plain cigarette packaging.

Tuberculosis is back in Britain with the number of people infected at the highest point since 1979.

The local herbal medicine industry is set to soar in growth, according to industry experts.

Superfoods are great for improving personal health. Here are the top 10 superfoods.

Environmental groups slam the decision as a threat to human health, while two of its member countries express their opposition.
It is twelve years since there was European approval for a genetically modified crop until yesterday when the European Commission in Brussels authorized the cultivation of a genetically modified potato crop. The Amflora potatoes to be [...]

An outbreak of salmonella inked to ready-made sandwiches has struck down 80 people, killing one. The outbreak has mainly affected young adults around the UK and Ireland, although a 12-month-old child is also reportedly ill.

Last month, a woman in her late 70s died at home a few days after being discharged form the Royal [...]

Is the recent economic downturn or ‘credit crunch’ as its generally referred to, not only affecting our bank balance, but also our health? New evidence suggests that this is true.
 
An expert in European public health, Professor Martin McKee, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine says much of the research on the issue [...]

Even if you don’t smoke yourself, research has found that if you are married to a smoker it will significantly raise your risk of a stroke.
 
The team form Harvard University looked at records of more than 16,000 people over the age of 50, and their spouses, over a period of nine years. The study, published [...]