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NON-ALCOHOLIC fatty liver disease is a chronic condition characterised by a build-up of fat in the liver. At first there…

PARKINSON’S is a neurodegenerative disease where part of the brain becomes damaged over several years. Thousands of people in the…

LEAVING your cholesterol levels untreated can lead to critical limb ischaemia – “severely” restricted blood flow to your legs. However,…

WHILE paracetamol is considered to be safe when taken in the correct dosage, it also comes with a possible list…

WITH early symptoms being “general”, type 2 diabetes can be hard to spot. Things like thirst and trips to the…

FOOTBALL’S funny-man and Soccer AM presenter Jimmy Bullard has admitted fishing kept his “mind in check” after retiring from football.…

VISCERAL fat is dubbed the ‘hidden’ fat because it wraps around the abdominal organs, where it can neither be seen…

CASUALTY legend George Rainsford has lent his support to The Huntington’s Disease Association ever since his character Dr Ethan Hardy…

THE WORLD is in the grip of a measles “epidemic” owing to low vaccine uptake among children. The UK is…

TWO of the most common sexually transmitted infections for women in the UK are chlamydia and gonorrhoea, closely followed by…