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New research offers some of the strongest evidence yet that carrying excess weight is an independent risk factor for hospitalisation and death from cardiovascular causes.

The amount of sleep a person has, their exposure to air-conditioning or how old their mothers were when they gave birth may be just as important as diet and exercise when dealing with obesity.

Colds and flu are often confused for one another, especially when it comes to treatment. They are, in fact, two different illnesses.