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While most bruises are harmless and fade on their own, if bruising is new, frequent, painful or hard to explain, it is worth paying attention to.

Type 2 diabetes - the condition driven by obesity - has soared by 70 per cent in British women aged 20-29 over the last decade - but why?

New research indicates lithium, used to treat bipolar disorder and depression, could also combat dementia, which affects 982,000 people in the UK and for which there is no cure.

Drinking filtered coffee rather than instant could slow down ageing, a new study suggests.

Drinking water with a meal may actually make you eat more, according to a new study.

Motor neurone disease - known as MND - affects 5,000 adults in the UK at any one time, with about 1,100 diagnosed each year. The numbers seem to be rising steadily - and, crucially, it has no cure.

A colleague pointed to my Birkenstock-clad feet and said - as if revealing an extra gruesome detail at a fairground freak show: 'Look everyone! Simon's big toenails are prehensile!

A possible cause of an incurable health condition that leads to embarrassing excessive sweating has been identified, potentially paving the way for better treatments.

It's a growing trend that I and many of my GP friends have noticed in recent years. More and more women are complaining of hair loss.

Achy ankles affect nearly one in five over-55s according to research, making it second only to knees as Britain's sorest joint. Yet, for many patients, the cause can be a mystery.