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It is a potentially deadly health condition that affects tens of millions of American adults. Left untreated, it can raise the risk of a heart attack, stroke and even dementia.

The scale of the problem is an 'absolute scandal' with the fatalities the equivalent of a 'fatal jumbo jet crash every single week', doctors said.

A simple blood draw may be able to detect more than a dozen cancers, including those that don't currently have standard recommended screenings and some that are often missed in early stages.

Another recall is being issued for produce that is feared to be contaminated with two types of life-threatening bacteria.

With a packed social calendar that included swimming, fencing and Judo, Carol Eastley, 75, was fitter than her years. But when she collapsed at sewing club, she knew something was wrong.

At elementary school, bullies called me 'thunder thighs,' and by high school I had to wear women's size 14 pants because the standard school uniform wouldn't fit me.

Eat a teaspoonful of the 'mad honey' and you might feel pleasantly warm and slightly light-headed. Eat more than a few tablespoons and your heart rate can drop to life-threatening levels.

British hospitals are using nurses and other healthcare professionals to fill roles normally carried out by doctors, putting patients at risk of serious harm, a 'shocking' dossier warns.

When Jo Puckett woke up one morning feeling strangely disorientated and confused, it fell to her fiancé to tell her why. Gently he explained to a shocked Jo that she'd had a seizure while asleep.

Victims have told how they were left in agonising paid after being 'butchered' and 'mutilated' by surgeons, with at least 20 women known to have been subjected to mastectomies they did not need.